A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Shaping a child’s character
Picture Book of the Year: An orphan and a town transformed by goodness and beauty
Life beyond looks
Nonfiction Book of the Year: Learning to see past outward appearances
Ends of the beginnings
Writer Jonathan Auxier says the best children’s stories capture the tension of life’s many thresholds
A hero’s humility
Novel of the Year: The Secret Keepers wraps universal themes in a fun, absorbing story
Voices
Joel Belz
Opponents and friends
I had to go back and read the column a second time. It just didn’t seem believable. ...
Mindy Belz
Something out of numbing
I’m with Charles Krauthammer on this one: “The world is on fire and we’re chasing rabbit holes,” he declared April 4, the same day of a(nother) major chemical weapons attack in Syria and days ahead of...
The Editors
Mailbag
‘Topping the Top 50’ ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Let’s do lunch?
When I get together with Natalie, we keep it real. Natalie is a literalist, by her own description. It’s not that figures of speech and euphemisms elude her (she went to Harvard), but rather that she...
Marvin Olasky
A miraculous existence
In A Big Bang in a Little Room, Zeeya Merali describes the consensus among science’s biggest brains: “The notion that a god made our universe is several rungs on the wackiness ladder above the idea...
Notebook
Technology
Sound of invasion
Cybersecurity typically protects digital devices from malicious software. But new research suggests devices such as smartphones, fitness trackers, and even autonomous vehicles could be vulnerable to...
Lifestyle
Riding by faith
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—The world’s deadliest surf breaks often have names screaming “danger”: Jaws in Maui, Teahupo’o (“sever the head”) in Tahiti, and the shark-infested Dungeons in South Africa are...
Money
Check box change-up
On your federal income tax Form 1040, there’s a box right under your Social Security number. It allows you to check if you (or your spouse, if filing jointly) want to contribute $3 to the presidential...
Law
No mercy
When California Attorney General Xavier Becerra charged pro-life activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt with 15 felony counts for their undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood and other...
Culture
Documentary
Filming the fight
The new, three-episode Netflix documentary Five Came Back, based on the nonfiction book by Mark Harris, tells the story of five Hollywood directors who left to serve in World War II: Frank Capra,...
Movies & TV
A wrinkle in crime
On the list of the best caper movies, the clever and funny Dirty Rotten Scoundrels sits near the top. The 1988 hit starring Michael Caine works in part because it doesn’t whitewash its characters’...
Movies & TV
Propaganda for a cause
“Authenticity—that’s what they’re after now: Authenticity informed with optimism.” So declares a character in the charming British drama Their Finest, in regard to creating a wartime propaganda movie...
Movies & TV
Tale of the tapes
If you’re over the age of 30, you may never have heard of 13 Reasons Why, a best-selling young adult novel that Netflix has adapted into a hit series. But chances are just about every teenager you...
Music
Albums by 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees
The Joan Baez Ballad Book ...
Music
Symphonies for Easter
Despite what the critic Norman Lebrecht calls “consumer saturation,” new recordings of great sacred compositions proliferate apace. Arriving in time for Easter this year are freshly minted renditions...
Children's Books
Faith builders
Bible Basics: A Baby Believer Counting Primer ...
Books
Four fantasy novels
In Calabria ...
Books
Senses of wonder
A recent Pew Research Center poll found 46 percent of American adults saying they felt at least once a week a sense of wonder about the universe. Surprisingly, 24 percent said they seldom or never had...
Q&A
Oklahoma know-how
As you filed your income tax return, you might have read that total U.S. government revenue (federal, state, and local) this year is about $7 trillion. What do we get for all that money? ...
Dispatches
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Uncovering the truth ...
Quotables
Quotables
‘It is the most consequential decision I ever made.’ ...
Human Race
Human Race
Lost ...
News
By the numbers
156 The number of emergency sirens—intended for tornadoes and nuclear attacks—a hacker set off in Dallas late on April 7. 175,000 The approximate number of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia who c...