A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
A great divide
Generational differences over the Trump presidency show, at their root, a changing view of America
Twelve days that shook America
Seismic shifts mark a hectic opening to the Trump era
No longer shunned?
Taiwanese hopes for warmer relations with the United States are tempered by concerns that the new U.S. president will use the island in making deals with China
Healing displays
The nation’s new African-American museum offers a heavy yet cleansing experience
Voices
The Editors
Mailbag
‘2016 News of the Year: Deaths’ ...
Mindy Belz
Numbers matter
In the study of martyrdom and contemporary persecution, it’s rare for the body counters to disagree. It’s like haggling over the number of buttons on the dress your grandmother is buried in. At...
Joel Belz
Boys to men
For all you armchair psychiatrists out there, here’s a midwinter assignment: Just how much of President Donald Trump’s sometimes bizarre behavior can be traced to his boyhood? ...
Marvin Olasky
Trailblazing on the frontier
What do California gold, a Western frontier fort, and an ex-slave who learned that the abolition of slavery did not abolish racism, have in common? ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
A day at the protests
“We’re at the gallows sight, and it’s a beautiful day for a hanging!” (The Three Stooges, In the Sweet Pie and Pie, 1941). ...
Janie B. Cheaney
Progression analysis
A few months ago I began posting online conversations with a friend who identifies herself as a Christian progressive. The conversations skidded to a temporary halt on Nov. 8, when she fell silent on...
Notebook
Lifestyle
Categorical imperative?
On Dec. 15, 2016, New York City issued the nation’s first public “intersex” birth certificate to Sara Kelly Keenan, 55, who was born with male XY chromosomes but with female genitals and mixed male...
Technology
Energy in motion
Researchers at the University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland, have adapted the 240-year-old technology behind self-winding watches for use in a pacemaker. In this case, the heart’s pumping motion does...
Medicine
Hard to swallow
Ubiquitous, lifesaving, expensive: the EpiPen has become the symbol of soaring drug prices. The ready-to-use treatment for allergic emergencies comes in packs of two, whose price has quadrupled since...
Culture
Movies & TV
Seeking his redemption
Michael Glatze was once an influential, zealous leader of the LGBT community. He was the managing editor of XY Magazine, a groundbreaking magazine for gay men like himself, and then co-founder of YGA ...
Movies & TV
Short of super
After years of the superhero genre ruling screens both big and small, it was inevitable somebody would mine it for a little humor. Unfortunately, NBC’s new sitcom Powerless is a textbook case of how...
Movies & TV
‘24’ after Jack
Trying to imagine 24 without Jack Bauer is like trying to imagine Mission: Impossible without Ethan Hunt. It’s doable, but many fans may find themselves reluctant to try out the reboot, 24: Legacy,...
Notable CDs
Encore
In true old-school-country fashion, the neo-honky-tonker Dale Watson (he calls his music “Ameripolitan,” but that’s splitting hairs) has released two albums in four months—Under the Influence ...
Theater
Luther and his legacy
Max McLean’s Fellowship for Performing Arts has its latest production playing off-Broadway in New York—Martin Luther on Trial. The story, which McLean wrote along with playwright and King’s College...
Q&A
Acts of belief
Two Christians in the theater world have found professional success creating smart, funny plays that communicate Christian ideas. Jeffrey Fiske is a playwright based in Williamsburg, Va., whose plays...
Children's Books
Afterword
Picture books can provide children an age-appropriate introduction to weighty and complex historical figures. ...
Books
Rediscovered Classics
Basic Economics ...
Books
Speed reading
If you have a skeptical son or daughter graduating from high school and want to offer a new, clear explanation of Christianity written in a warm, C.S. Lewis style, try Gregory Koukl’s The Story of...
Music
Against the machine
In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, one of Big Brother’s tools for opiating the masses is the versificator, a machine that cranks out popular songs brimming with lowest-common-denominator...
