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Beyond hate speech

Cover Story | For years Britain has given welcome and welfare to radical clerics who preach jihad and promote terror. But Tony Blair says "the rules of the games are changing"

Ounce of prevention

Cover Story Sidebar | In the ancient Chinese city of Kashgar, near the Afghan border, two men from Portland, Ore., checked into Room 303 of the Chini Bagh Hotel one month after 9/11 and commenced doing chin-ups and planning a jihad. The pair joined four other Portland-area Muslims attempting to unite with al-Qaeda and the Taliban to wage a "holy war" against U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Their plans crumbled when Chinese officials closed the border, but the men regrouped in Portland to research attacks on

In this issue: "Beyond hate speech," Aug. 20, 2005

Features

Hard target
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Hard target

Politics |  Liberals choose their weapon to attack nominee John Roberts

Engaging Israel's disengagement
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Engaging Israel's disengagement

Middle East |  Israel begins a historic withdrawal from Gaza and U.S. Christians prepare to disagree over it

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Mad scientists

Science |  Bush's pro-Intelligent Design comments spark debate, rancor

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Doing well, doing good

Ministry |  One of America's most innovative churches looks conventional at first glance. But its practice of ministry evangelism serves the community and provides all…

Dispatches

Deserved decline
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Deserved decline

Declining newspaper circulation is a rejection by the country as a whole of the opinions of the scribbling class

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Quick Takes

Liberals get cold feet about cold Canada Impassioned liberals threatening to emigrate if George W. Bush won reelection were as serious as Alec Baldwin.

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Quotables

"Right now Adam Smith is spinning in his grave so fast that he would qualify for a subsidy in this bill as an energy source." U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.)

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The Buzz

A quick look at this week's biggest stories

Reviews

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Bestselling CDs

Notable CDs |  The top five bestselling Jazz CDsaccording to College Music Journal, Issue #924

The Great Raid
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The Great Raid

Movies |  The World War II adventure sat on the shelf for nearly three years before it was finally released this month with very little publicity

NASA channel
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NASA channel

Television |  Watching unedited video like the NASA channel or CSPAN reminds us just how much regular news is edited, packaged, and spun

Notebook

More with less
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More with less

Money |  While manufacturing employment has declined 20 percent in 15 years, manufacturing production has increased 61 percent during the same period

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Day to remember

Sports |  Retiring jockey Pat Day may stand only 4-11 and weigh 126 pounds, but he is a giant of a man

Voices

Guilty bystanders
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Guilty bystanders

Why would churches want their members to sit on the sidelines?

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Unhappy warriors

Grumpy defensiveness over Intelligent Design inroads is showing

Packed, but still empty
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Packed, but still empty

"Contemporary" churches aren't attracting many contemporaries

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Livestrong(er)

Unintended lessons on preaching and worship from an athlete who is perseverance personified

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Mailbag

Letters, feedback, etc.

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