A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
2006 News of the Year
A look at the stories that shaped the past year
Transitions
He came to embody not only the deteriorating situation in Iraq but the squandered political fortunes of the Republican Party at home. So...
Departures
June Allyson, 88, July 8-sunny, raspy-voiced actress who played the "perfect wife" of James Stewart, Van Johnson, and other movie heroes...
Wars and rumors of war
In Iraq there are the stories that are told and those that are not
Voices
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...
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...
Notebook
Culture
Dispatches
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...
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 ...