Follow the Assembly line
How one-party rule in California yielded draconian legislation against ‘conversion therapy’
SNAP out of it
The well-entrenched food stamps program goes on and on, with no sign that a GOP Congress is serious about reform
Calling all hands
Hurricane Harvey has proven churches and volunteers remain vital to disaster recovery efforts
High court, high costs
It takes a lot of money to bring a case to the Supreme Court, and even with pro bono lawyers somebody has to pay
Coming home
Chinese students who become Christians in America face challenges when they return to China—even within the church
Voices
The Editors
Mailbag
‘The campaign against Kim’ ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Ravenous fervor
“The revolution devours its children” (Jacques Mallet du Pan, 1749-1800). ...
Mindy Belz
Death-defying acts of kindness
It feels like a minefield all its own to venture a single sentence in print about North Korea. In the era of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, whatever line might be true one moment may change...
Marvin Olasky
Kahn and Khan
Ninth in a once-a-quarter series of short short stories. (For story No. 8, please see wng.org/branching_out.) Mark Kahn and Mike Khan were twins as unlike as could be. Mark Kahn protected his dog...
Joel Belz
Why not sign?
Sometimes public events aren’t quite as public as they seem. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes. Such was almost certainly the case, for example, with the Aug. 29 release of a “Nashville...
Janie B. Cheaney
Beyond empathy
On May 22, 2011, a multiple-vortex EF5 tornado ripped up Joplin, Mo., leaving 149 corpses and a city of rubble in its wake. The following July, I spent three days there as a volunteer. I wasn’t sure...
Notebook
Sports
Forward motion
Kurt Warner was to football what King David was to royalty: David went from shepherd to king, and Warner rose from lowly grocery clerk to superstar NFL quarterback. At 46-year-old Warner’s induction...
Technology
Supercomputer vs. cancer
Doctors who devise treatment plans for cancer patients face two significant obstacles: time and data. Analyzing a patient’s genome takes time—and so does reviewing medical literature, available...
Lifestyle
Trumping the Kardashians
Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton was a surprise. His victory over the Kardashians is a shocker. ...
Culture
Documentary
A dangerous duty
In Fallen, writer-director Thomas Marchese notes that 1,832 U.S. service members died in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014. During that same period, he adds, 2,181 American police officers were killed...
Movies & TV
The Big Apple’s small-town comedian
Netflix has added a glut of one-hour stand-up comedy specials to its streaming service, releasing one original special a week through all of 2017. Even for stand-up comedy fans, that’s a towering...
Movies & TV
A Hollywood story
Christian film producers Jon and Andy Erwin made a wise choice retitling the documentary they based on a biography written by Pastor Greg Laurie from Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon...
Movies & TV
Feeding on fear
Sit through a horror film with your eyes squeezed shut, and you’ll still see every graphic scene in your mind as you listen to the crescendoing music, the bloodcurdling screams, the tussle of limbs,...
Music
Noteworthy recent albums
Paranormal ...
Children's Books
Journeys of discovery
The Battle of Seattle ...
Books
Four recent mysteries
The Hemingway Files ...
Books
Presidential politicking
Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie’s The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK’s Five-Year Campaign (Simon & Schuster, 2017) is a sprightly account of how John F. Kennedy became president by pioneering in...
Music
The sounds of musique
The French avant-garde composer Pierre Henry died in July at age 89, the British guitarist’s guitarist Allan Holdsworth in April at age 70. Despite the many differences separating what they set out to...
Q&A
Self-glory or a cross?
The special section on the Protestant Reformation we’re planning for our Oct. 28 issue will include reviews of books about the world-shaking changes that began on Oct. 31, 1517. The best new book on...
