A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
The panda in winter
Claws out, eyes atwinkle, evangelist Pat Robertson plans to talk on but hold his tongue at times
Beijing or bust
Once-restrictive government now drives an economic powerhouse
Hoodwinked into success
Writer-director Cory Edwards found a new path to Grandmother's house-and a hit animated film
Jury of their peers
Teen courts around the country handle misdemeanor trials of local teenagers-and their decisions are anything but moot
Voices
John Piper
Being mocked
We saw last week in the Islamic demonstrations over Danish cartoons of Muhammad another vivid depiction of the difference between Muhammad and Christ, and what it means to follow each. Not all Mus...
Marvin Olasky
Raining on Spear's parade
What should we do when both sides in a dispute make strong cases? Suggestion: If we are to err, err on the side of grace. Christians have been debating how to respond to the casting of End ...
Mailbag
Ounce of prevention My thinking about abortion ("Roe v. Wade," Jan. 21) was challenged a few months before I became pregnant outside of marriage when our congregation saw the Francis Schaef...
Joel Belz
Light 20 candles
Next month, we'll be marking WORLD magazine's 20th birthday. The inaugural issue was actually dated March 17, 1986-and we boldly printed 5,000 copies. Some folks tell me they're still holding on t...
Cartoon violence
Europe is finally waking up to the threat of radical Islam, as the cartoonist's pen is provoking the Muslim's sword. Last year Kåre Bluitgen, a children's author in Denmark, complained that...
Notebook
Sports
Fun on the ice and snow
Beloved by many, misunderstood by some, the Winter Olympics stands as a quixotic younger brother to the Summer Games. If recent trends hold, fewer viewers will tune in for the 2006 Winter Games th...
Money
Political malpractice
Imagine going to your doctor with a high fever and having him focus intently on a hangnail on one of your fingers. The fiscal equivalent of that scenario is now playing out in Washington, a...
Culture
Movies & TV
Dirty Jobs
There are some jobs that Americans just won't do anymore, some say, which is why we need illegal immigrants to do them. You can't say that of Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs (Tuesdays, 9:00 p.m., Di...
Notable Books
Bestselling books
CONTENT The novel follows "Armpit," a character from the bestselling young-adult novel Holes, as he tries to rebuild his life. Although he's now working as a gardener and taking community college ...
Movies & TV
A question of taste
Hollywood's problems at the box office last year may come down not so much to quality (or the lack thereof), as many have supposed, but to taste. There are plenty of talented craftsman in Hollywoo...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
"The devil never sleeps." Sumter County Chief Deputy Eddie Larkin on a string of suspected arson attacks against churches in rural Alabama. About 200 federal, state, and local authorities i...
The Buzz
The Buzz
ISLAM Thousands of Hezbollah-led demonstrators filled Beirut streets Feb. 9 to rekindle flagging protests over cartoons satirizing Muhammad. More than a week of protests worldwide left about a doz...
The Buzz Sidebar
Insult to intelligence
A familiar face is orchestrating the violent reaction of some Muslims to Danish cartoon caricatures of Muhammad. Omar Bakri Mohammed, a Muslim cleric with ties to terrorists, who fled London last ...
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
High kicks Fearing attacks by parrots, organizers of a classic car rally in New Zealand did what just about anyone would have done: Hire a local band of karate experts to protect the vintag...