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  ARCHIVED ISSUE | "Summer of '68" August 09, 2008
Summer of '68
August 09, 2008

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Summer of discontent

COVER STORY: A civil rights hero gunned down, an Ivy League campus shut down, another Kennedy shot, and 1968 turned surreal - On an evening in 1968 I leaned over my dad's olive-green armchair, coming into our den at the sound of a special news bulletin, and asked: "What's an assassination?" With... Full Story

Features At a crossroads | by Jill Nelson
Turkey is torn between secular and Islamic views of government and more
Boston Tea Party | by Marvin Olasky
Three events in March and April 1968 led to long-term change
Chart toppers | by Arsenio Orteza
Four No. 1 Albums from 1968
Costs of a tragedy | by David Bahnsen
Life insurance for non-breadwinners may be smarter than it seems
Divided we stood | by Mindy Belz
Richmond's battles over race would continue long after MLK’s assassination
Entry levels | by Mark Bergin
McCain and Obama are treating immigration reform with kid gloves
Famine fighters | by Susan Olasky
Elderly couple bring relief to their homeland
Fire in the mountains | by Russ Pulliam
After flame-throwing campus debates, God spoke in a low whisper
Four for fighting | by Rusty Leonard and Warren Cole Smith
Clash escalates between ministries and lawmaker
Heartbreak hits | by Arsenio Orteza
Tammy Wynette found her footing at the height of rock 'n roll
Houses of God
Human Race | by The Editors
Let the games begin | by Mark Bergin
The summer Olympics are filled with inspirational athletes, great stories
License to kill | by Cal Thomas
Oregon case may signal the next way in assisted suicide
Looking ahead | by The Editors
News to watch in the weeks to come
Reporters' choice | by Jamie Dean
Obama may be the press favorite, but voters are still trying to decide
Staying power | by Arsenio Orteza
The Zombies have it
The beach boys | by Lynn Vincent
How a middle-aged pastor spoke life to a generation declaring God is Dead
The graduate | by Marvin Olasky
In 1968 I headed down a path that began with low-rent existentialism
Culture Beat Musical mess | by Arsenio Orteza
Everyone and everything suffers in Mamma Mia!
Drug of choice | by Marvin Olasky
Theodore Dalrymple flips conventional assumptions about heroin addiction
Man on Wire | by Sam Thielman
Documentary captures a heartbreaking obsession
Non-treadmill oldies | by Marvin Olasky
Catching up on some classics
Split decision | by Meghan Keane
Film explores racially exclusive festivals in Alabama
Swing Vote | by Megan Basham
Lazy plot devices keep new Kevin Costner film from reaching its potential
Notable books | by Ma Jian and Flora Drew
Four books about China reviewed by Susan Olasky
Departments The Buzz Quick Takes Quotables Sports Mailbag
Thoughts The plain truth | by Joel Belz
Charles Colson’s new book steps onto “the great fault line” of our culture
Scholarly malpractice | by Gene Edward Veith
Searches continue for the non-historical Jesus
Sins of youth | by Andrée Seu
Would you want to be remembered for what you did at 21?
Disorganized religion | by Janie B. Cheaney
In America, the institutional church has become the counterculture
Seize the world | by Mindy Belz
Wartime is no time to miss a travel adventure
Anniversary to forget | by Marvin Olasky
A president’s adultery says something about how he will lead
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