Watch and wait
Election night could provide a quick White House winner, or a flood of mail-in ballots and social division could delay results for weeks
2006 News of the Year
A look at the stories that shaped the past year
Defiance
At 10:36 in the morning local time Oct. 9, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test in a mountainous area northeast of Pyongyan...
Democracy
When November 2004 postelection analysis pinpointed religious folks as a key swing bloc that had swung even further to the right, Democr...
He who digs a pit falls into it
In another age, Michael Richards would still be a comedian and Virginia Sen. George Allen would still be a powerful politician. But when...
Voices
Epiphany Magic
The post-Christmas time traditionally called "epiphany" on church calendars serves as a built-in corrective lens to spiritual myopia acquired during the year. The season acknowledges and celebrate...
Marvin Olasky
Hello hardship, my old friend
This has been a hard year, but James at the beginning of his epistle tells us to welcome hardship: "Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the t...
Joel Belz
Any new recipes?
It must gall President Bush. To keep hearing all your critics, in interminable unison, say that it's time to do something "different," but almost never to hear what that "different" approach might...
Mailbag
Good honk! Hank the Cowdog ("Dog's best friend," Dec. 2) on the cover of WORLD! Good honk! John Erickson is a master storyteller, with an amazing repertoire of voices. Thank you for bringin...
Notebook
Culture
Dispatches
The Buzz Sidebar
Cruel & unusual?
Which of the following scenarios constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution: (1) aborting a baby with a fully developed nervous system and ...
The Buzz
The Buzz
Politics Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) remained in critical but stable condition last week after undergoing emergency brain surgery. The senator showed signs of progress, but doctors said his l...