A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Voices
The Editors
Mailbag
‘Children’s Books of the Year’ ...
Mindy Belz
My Dutch burglar
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said it’s not an adventure until something goes wrong. Adventure for me began on a drizzly Saturday night in downtown Amsterdam when a burglar made off with my bag. ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Fault lines
If it had been concocted by a college ethics professor to test students’ grasp of the principles of fairness, you couldn’t have found a more challenging case than the Brandon Bostian story. ...
Joel Belz
Not so quiet
“Your silence these days,” a friend of mine challenged me, “makes you look like a wimp. The nation’s in an uproar. Certainly WORLD must have an opinion.” ...
Marvin Olasky
Why get married?
Seventh in a once-a-quarter series of short short fiction … ...
Janie B. Cheaney
Ready for the worst?
Quick self-quiz: (1) If the power grid in your area went down completely as a result of nuclear warfare, your first concern would be for (a) your neighbors, (b) your food supply, (c) survival. (2)...
Notebook
Technology
Nosing in on disease
Scientists have long known that sick people smell different from healthy people. The odors emitted by our breath, skin, and body fluids reflect complex changes in our metabolism and immune system, and...
Money
A costly closure
The news earlier this year that Family Christian Stores would close its more than 240 retail shops startled many of its customers. But it didn’t surprise anyone familiar with the company’s recent...
Medicine
Physicians, heal thyselves
The American Medical Association (AMA) considers itself the voice of American doctors, and it used that bully pulpit in its recent fight against the American Health Care Act (also called the Obamacare...
Lifestyle
Your son, John Allen
As a forester, Bob Naeger has mapped parts of the Trail of Tears with a state archaeologist and found forgotten cemeteries in the middle of kudzu-covered timber tracts. But last year he and his wife...
Culture
Documentary
Evidence against Assad
News footage has brought to light heartbreaking images of Syrian civilians gasping for air, targets of their government’s chemical weapons attacks. But little evidence to date has detailed the...
Movies & TV
Bubble romance
On its surface, Everything, Everything, based on Nicola Yoon’s book by the same name, is a cutesy story about a sickly teen girl’s first romance. But underneath boils a seeming plot to undermine...
Movies & TV
Off the book
In Canada, where Anne Shirley is one of the country’s most recognizable names, the new Netflix series Anne with an E is billed simply as Anne. But at times, it’s not easy to recognize Lucy Maud...
Music
New or recent albums
Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live … And More ...
Music
Stream of culture
For the first time in nearly a decade, the music industry saw its revenues rise in 2016. ...
Q&A
Lessons from Pennsylvania Avenue
Michael Wear worked in the 2008 Obama campaign and in 2009, at age 20, became one of the youngest presidential aides in American history. He now heads Public Square Strategies, a public relations...
Books
Recent nonfiction books
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Books
Deadly D’s
Each year on Memorial Day we remember those who died to defend others—but why did so many have to die in history’s biggest bloodbath, World War II? How did darkness squash a supposedly Enlightened...
Children's Books
Technology tamers
The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in its Proper Place ...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Serious singing ...
Quotables
Quotables
‘Watch. Share. Slay.’ ...
News
By the numbers
86 The number of billionaires living in London, the most of any city in the world (New York has 82). $8.8 billion The amount of U.S. funds subject to a new Trump administration rule barring f...
Human Race
Human Race
Died ...