Cover Story Sidebar | George Will's major baseball book has the title
Men at Work
; he makes the pursuit of hits and strikeouts a grim task. John
Smoltz is serious enough to talk about Christian education for
close to an hour while some of his teammates were playing cards and
tossing towels into laundry bins, but intellectually playful enough
to discuss evangelistic gambits. "How's this for an icebreaker
question?" he asked: "How many days in a row have you been happy?"
Mr. Smoltz explained, "You're supposed to
Cover Story | If major-league baseball avoids the foolishness of a strike next month and moves toward playoffs and the World Series, Atlanta's John Smoltz is likely to be on the mound in the ninth inning of his team's crucial games. If baseball does go on strike, the pitcher will have more time to devote to his new calling: helping to lead a Christian school that in several weeks will begin its second year
This Week |
The Top 5 news stories as measured by coverage in The Washington
Post, USA Today, and NBC Nightly News over a one-week period from
July 17 to 23
Middle East |
Israel's "targeted attack" that kills a terrorist leader also kills
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and possibly jeopardizing…
Kazakhstan: Officials have fined clergy for refusing to register
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prison. Although the law in…
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sign in front of the home of Jerry and Patti Hirschman of Grand
Island, Neb. The city council…
Banned in Ann Arbor When an Ann Arbor high-school senior sought to
discuss homosexuality and religion, school officials censored the
text of her proposed…
Unusual concern The disappearance of Elizabeth Smart is unusual and
of concern to me as a parent because she was abducted from her own
bedroom in the night…
