Cover Story | Stories of Saddam's repressive rule are almost as numerous as Iraqi refugees. But even after coalition forces liberated the country, the refugees' memories are so vivid and painful, few have enough confidence to return
Cover Story | Concerned less with cheerful giving and more with precision, imams enforce the zakat with the zeal of tax collectors-but the largesse provides much-needed relief to suffering Iraqis
National |
The nation's largest private operator of prisons and jails last
week announced plans to launch faith-based programs in each of the
60 facilities it runs over…
National |
Ripples are crashing into other states from Vermont, where a law in
2000 established a "civil-union" category that is essentially
marriage for same-sex…
National |
The coaching carousel continues. After North Carolina cleared the
way for former Kansas coach Roy Williams to take over the Tar
Heels' head basketball…
International |
President Bush gives a diplomatic pass to a brutal Islamist
government, yet evidence persists that Khartoum is using U.S. "good
faith" to crush the Christian…
I almost had a nervous breakdown. Doris Bellerose of Dracut, Mass.,
on mistakenly receiving a $3.9 million water bill last week. I'm
not truly embarrassed…
There's a big difference between Trent Lott's racial insensitivity
and Rick Santorum's principled position on constitutional law-and
President Bush ought to…
1 from bad to worse "I stand a better chance of being hit by a
bus!" says Beijing resident Holly Gerberich. But statistics are no
comfort when it comes to…
Man bites dog story Paul Russell of Syracuse doesn't "really
remember" what happened, but police say he bit a police dog last
month during a brawl outside a…
Culture |
In 2002 an author who hoped to place a book on the Publisher's
Weekly nonfiction bestseller list for a long time would have been
advised to write about…
Rumor has it John Dawson accurately pointed out that college
football produces revenue in excess of its massive expenses ("The
spoils of football," April 5).
