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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It's an illusion fervently held by too many conservatives. If, they say, we could just get the decision-making processes of America relocated from the elitist enclaves to the masses "out there," c...
When missionary Hudson Taylor landed in Shanghai after five months at sea, he made a pact with his first recruits from England: Everyone was to dress as the Chinese did. For men in those days, 186...
Helping questions I oversee a benevolence fund at our church and wrestle with many of these issues regularly ("Giving that worked," March 14). Who should be helped and in what capacity? Doe...
Occasionally I covet the sinking-but-still-seven-digit readership of Time or Newsweek, and then I remind myself to be grateful for WORLD's 120,000 subscribers. Besides, it's unlikely that editors ...
"For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica" (2 Timothy 4:10). Why the long face, Wormwood? The Wachowski brothers did us no favor with that little...
Few words were spoken more during the 9/11 crisis than "hero," applied to firefighters, police, and anyone who showed up to give blood. It was as if thinking heroically would make us so, even if a...
"Hypocrisy in one Age," warned Joseph Addison, "is generally succeeded by Atheism in another." Consider this in light of charges that America is becoming, according to a Trinity College survey, le...
Movies & TV
As with High School Musical and The Jonas Brothers, it may be hard for adults without kids in the 7- to 14-year-old age bracket to understand the hype surrounding Disney's Hannah Montana. From its...
Music
With traditional music-marketing models in decline, some musicians are now becoming as well-known for their marketing (Radiohead's making an album available for free downloading, Bruce Springsteen...
Books
Lots of ancient history books glorify Athens and sneer at Jerusalem. Susan Wise Bauer's The History of the Ancient World (Norton, 2007) is the book homeschooling parents and others should read to ...
Movies & TV
Throughout television history, few shows have focused on what is widely known as the world's toughest, most underappreciated job: mothering. General family shows like The Cosby Show and Everybody ...
Notable CDs
"Ragtime Cowboy Joe" is the title of one of this album's four covers, and a terser, more accurate description of Dan Hicks there's not likely to be. Because Hicks' blend of Django Reinhardt jazz, ...
Notable Books
I'm not a huge fan of Christian fiction featuring battles in the spiritual world breaking out on earth. I was surprised, therefore, that Angel of Wrath captured my interest and kept it throughout....
Quick Takes
Bomb squad After use for years in Africa, officials in the United Kingdom may have a new tool in the fight against lost landmines: rats. Handlers at the Porfell Wildlife Park in Cornwall re...
Quotables
"This is a lunatic idea." Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's offer of an "honorable form of reconciliation" for Taliban members who abandon ex...
The Buzz
War on terror no more The Obama administration has ditched the Bush administration phrase "war on terror," and Pentagon officials have been using the phrase "overseas contingency operations...