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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The "seeds of dissent" that sprouted from Catholic Church patronage in the arts (see "Different strokes") have borne fruit both edible and poisonous. Consider Damien Hirst, the richest artist livi...
Rube goes global Mark Bergin's article about geoengineering ("Geo-gizmos," April 25) was very good, especially the quote from Secretary of Energy Steven Chu about "transforming the global e...
Why is religious conviction, which secularists have always advised should be a private matter, such public news? Hardly a week goes by without some screaming headline about major shifts in persona...
If you remember nothing else from the book of Numbers you remember the story of the 10 spies. They came back to the camp with a report on the Promised Land teeming with giants and other reasons wh...
Yes, it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. But is it better to read deeply biased news than not to read a newspaper at all? Or is a little knowledge exceedingly dang...
If you're as dismayed as I am by the growing tendency of the American people to give their assent to aberrations like homosexual marriage, get ready for even bigger surprises-and disappointments. ...
Movies & TV
Two weeks before its theatrical release, Pixar's 10th feature film, Up, shaped up to be yet another in a long string of hits. Thanks to an early press tour and a headlining spot at the Cannes Film...
Movies & TV
Sometimes Hollywood does more than entertain. The Soloist is based on a Los Angeles homeless man, and it stays pretty close to the true life story. The film counts the cost of helping a seriously ...
Movies & TV
The latest installment of the Terminator franchise may find itself a victim of its own success. The first film, released in 1984, drew audiences not only for its groundbreaking special effects but...
Movies & TV
Con artists! explosions! Beautiful women and dashing men! These things do not an entire movie make! Try telling that to Rian Johnson, though. The writer/director is very early in his career, but h...
Music
Not since Prince became "the Artist Formerly Known As Prince" has a recording artist's nomenclature posed as big a challenge as Yusuf's. Who? Yusuf-aka Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, aka Ste...
Music
The folksinger Pete Seeger turned 90 in May, an occasion marked by a Madison Square Garden birthday party at which dozens of his legatees feted him-Bruce Springsteen, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and ...
Books
Jonathan Edwards and Sam Adams: two 18th-century Americans I'd like to interview in heaven. Two new biographies are preparing me (or you) for that opportunity. Understanding Jonathan Edward...
Notable CDs
"I've got a big top hat and a crown of thorns, just like you know who," sang Bruton on this, his solo debut. Together with what follows ("I heard my ship is sailing in. / Lord knows she's overdue"...
Notable Books
Kathryn Joyce is a secular feminist alarmed about "patriarchalism" among evangelicals. She admits that most evangelicals are not homeschoolers who think all birth control is wrong, but that subset...
Quick Takes
High and mighty Some books in a world famous Oxford University library are now out of reach without moving an inch. That's because safety officials at the university have decided that using...
Quotables
"It's a little demoralizing." Recent Oregon State graduate Josh Donahue on taking food stamps just weeks after graduation. An Associated Press-mtvU poll released on May 20 found that one in...
The Buzz
India polls Election results in India surprised political observers on May 16, as many predicted the country's ruling Congress party would suffer significant losses and perhaps lose control...
The Buzz Sidebar
This is an excerpt from a speech to the graduating class of Butler University on May 9 by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels: Along with most of your faculty and parents, I belong to the most discu...