Politics | President-elect Barack Obama continues to round out his cabinet. Although The New York Times reports that Hillary Clinton has accepted... More >>
Education | No public school for the Obama girls in Washington, D.C. The choice for Malia and Sasha: Sidwell Friends School, a... More >>
Campaign 2008 | The Pew Forum tells us how the news media covered religion in the 2008 campaign.
Religion stories accounted for 4% of... More >>
Issues | Bob Jones University put a statement about race on its website, apologizing for the institution’s segregationist policies of barring African-American... More >>
Newsworthy | Does Barack Obama plan to govern from the center, or is he just avoiding making Bill Clinton’s mistakes? As I... More >>
Newsworthy | A new report by the CIA’s inspector general says the agency lied about the circumstances surrounding the shoot-down of a... More >>
Housekeeping | WORLD has launched the First Job Fund, a fund-raising effort designed to help us expand our news-reporting resources through the... More >>
Entertainment | Speaking of film, rumors of the death of the author are greatly exaggerated. Ever since Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search... More >>
Entertainment | It’s easy to pick on Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light. When you think art should rise above sheer sentimentality, it... More >>
Just for Fun | Yesterday Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to a lucky turkey in Wasilla, Alaska.
The relieved turkey stood... More >>
Well, according to the Times, “Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers —... More >>
Issues | The New York Times reports that Iran has produced enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb. According... More >>
Politics | In just a few weeks the Electoral College will meet to elect (officially) our country’s next president. At this point, the... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Happy Friday!
Today’s quote is from an 20th century American president: “An intellectual is a man who takes more words than... More >>
Politics | Sure, he’s got seven convictions for corruption, but Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is still well-loved in his home state... More >>
Campaign 2008 | Pollster John Zogby set fire to the blogosphere with his poll demonstrating that Obama voters had little idea who they... More >>
Politics | On the New Yorker blog, Hendrik Hertzberg quotes Kathryn Jean Lopez praising Sarah and Todd Palin’s “choice” not to abort... More >>
Religion | A lot has been written and discussed about what President-elect Barack Obama believes and doesn’t believe. Thanks to Beliefnet we... More >>
Politics | Every side always thinks it’s the right side to be on, which is why people on that side are on... More >>
Education | In his column today, Cal Thomas writes that ignorance of America’s history and heritage “endangers our government and threatens our... More >>
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Economy | Nobody knows where the bottom is for our economy, but the experts agree we aren’t anywhere close to it yet.... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | When I grew up, kids were named for movie stars: “Shirley,” “Donna,” “Peggy,” “Barbara.” The names of God are the... More >>
Newsworthy | The watchman who sees danger coming and sounds a warning is one man’s fanatic and another man’s visionary. The tide... More >>
Politics | “If you can’t beat them, join them!”
This old adage comes to mind when I hear the apocalyptic whining coming from... More >>
Education | While I was in Austin, Texas, Mary Jane had me over for tea and then she blew my mind. Her... More >>
Economy | Socialists of all parties have at least two good reasons to celebrate these days. First came the news from Sweden... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | The thing I like about the book of Hosea is the very thing I used to hate. In one verse—unmitigated... More >>
Culture | On a recent trip to Home Depot, our 4-year-old Isaac asked his mother, “Why are we in here?”
“There’s a few... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I got picked up by a couple at the airport in Austin, Texas, this past weekend, and asked the husband... More >>
Economy | An evil never comes alone. After forcing “Joe the Plumber” to bail out Wall Street, some in the government now... More >>
Culture | In an open letter to the next president published in The New York Times Magazine last month, food writer Michael... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I’m going to a woman’s retreat this weekend, so it’s not in my best interest to tell you what A.W.... More >>
Culture | “When leaders lead in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the Lord!” (Judges 5:2).
This is a description of... More >>
Culture | A few weeks ago, I told the story of a young man named Caleb who had found himself trapped in... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I though we could take a break from Barack, and talk about Barak. He was the commander of Israel’s armies... More >>
Politics | All right. Which way would you rather have lost—in a landslide or by a squeaker?
Many WORLD readers, I imagine, see... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I have nursery duty at church on Sunday but I’ll be out of town, so I took out the master... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I think we may be talking to God too much. It’s not the quantity that concerns me, or even the... More >>
Culture | Brit Hume is stepping down from his job as Fox News Washington managing editor and anchor. He cites the “poisonous... More >>
Politics | Let’s react to the election of Barack Obama with three P’s: prayer on our lips, peace in our hearts, and... More >>
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