A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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With Congress buying what lobbyists sell, and selling what taxpayers earn, is real reform realistic?
Efforts to protect marriage continue to gain steam in the states
The jailing of three Christian women has emboldened Muslim radicals and jeopardized house churches in West Java
Hamas learned to win big by starting small, but now faces an aid embargo
Regrettable regret Here we go again. A "Christian spokesman" has wallowed in the mud of mammon and expects that a quick shower of forgiveness from the rest of us will restore him to the ple...
It had been well over a year since I'd dropped by the local Wal-Mart for one of my occasional opinion surveys. And I was more and more irritated by what seemed to me to be a lopsided focus by the ...
In the wrangles over gay marriage, some conservatives are proposing a simple solution: Have the government just get out of the marriage business. Small-government conservatives are saying, ...
Joseph found his betrothed to be with child-and not by him. "Being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, [he] resolved to divorce her quietly" rather than throw the book at her (Matthew 1:...
Congratulations, Samuel Alito! And congratulations, USA: It now looks like we have four out of nine justices who will not legislate from the bench. But we still have a structural problem in our fe...
Sports
Long after the Super Bowl fans leave Detroit, the money will stay-an estimated $302 million. That figure comes from a study conducted by Lawrence Technological University (in conjunction with the ...
Money
A penny earned was more than a penny spent by Americans last year, as the U.S. personal savings rate dropped into negative territory for the first time since the Great Depression. The Comme...
Notable CDs
CATEGORY Best bluegrass album. WORLDVIEW "Cross a mile-high mountain or a windy plain, / my Lord is the captain of this train. / Won't you run toward the station when the whistle blows / an...
Movies & TV
Nanny McPhee is a sort of cross between Mary Poppins and ABC's Supernanny (or, if you prefer, Fox's Nanny 911). While the film is neither the classic that is the former nor as instructive as the l...
Movies & TV
Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers living, alone or with a single companion, in the Alaskan wilderness among grizzly bears. In 2003, after a particularly long stay in the wild, Treadwell and his g...
Quick Takes
Not-so-great escape With just a few days left in his 20-day jail sentence for stealing some copper tubing, Lance H. Gauthun attempted his own great escape from the Thurston County (Wash.) J...
Quotables
"Don't ever ask the question, 'What else could happen?'" New Orleans mortgage banker Marcia Paul Leone after tornadoes on Feb. 2 blew through New Orleans neighborhoods five months after Hur...
The Buzz
SUPREME COURT The Senate approved the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court, 58-42. Four Democrats and all but one Republican voted for the 55-year-old circuit court judge on...
The Buzz Sidebar
Christians of a certain age will have heard a familiar phrase in the president's State of the Union address last Monday: "Will we . . . finish well?" The context to this echo came at the en...