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His to lose

His to lose

Cover Story Sidebar | Leaving Saddleback and heading to Minneapolis, John McCain polls-and pulls-for evangelical vote

His to win

His to win

Cover Story | Barack Obama trails in polling among evangelicals, but he hopes to take the upbeat message that made him the first black candidate for U.S. president on the road to winning pro-life converts and the White House

In this issue: "Two-ring circus," Sept. 6, 2008

Features

In the jaws of the bear
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In the jaws of the bear

Georgia |  With a weak allied response, Russia extends its reach into Georgia

Charter course
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Charter course

Back to School |  How to turn around a gang-infested inner-city school? It isn't easy, but a small, aggressive group of teachers and parents can make it happen

Subtract and divide
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Subtract and divide

Back to School |  Schools ignore what's good about America and focus instead on keeping Americans from coming together as a people

Making the grade?
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Making the grade?

Back to School |  Barack Obama and John McCain try to convince Americans that their vastly different education proposals would pass instead of fail

Technological edge
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Technological edge

Back to School |  Online learning could become a powerful tool for homeschoolers

Don't Google me!
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Don't Google me!

Back to School |  It can bring professional havoc to social workers and students stifled by leftist academics and identity politics

Reading at risk
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Reading at risk

Back to School |  Many in Congress want to kill a highly successful phonics program

No more teachers' dirty looks
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No more teachers' dirty looks

Lifestyle/Technology |  Volunteer chaplain corps brings peace to Detroit schools

States' witness
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States' witness

Charity |  Moral lawmakers make more moral laws

Oil and you
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Oil and you

Personal Finance |  It's all about supply and demand

Houses of God
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Houses of God

Houses of God | 

The other credit crisis
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The other credit crisis

Education |  Are student loans the next financial bubble to burst?

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Looking ahead

Looking Ahead |  News to watch in the weeks to come

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Human Race

Human Race |  DIED: Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who won Western praise for tackling corruption and pushing pro-growth economic policies in Africa, died Aug. 19 of…

Dispatches

The Buzz
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The Buzz

Need-to-know news

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Oddball occurrences

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Quick Takes

Memorable things they said

Reviews

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Four noteworthy reissues reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

Healing Henry
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Healing Henry

Movies |  A broken man finds meaning and faith in Henry Poole Is Here

Acting out
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Acting out

Movies |  Rainn Willson gets to be a grown-up child in The Rocker

Road rage
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Road rage

Movies |  Death Race earns its rating-and little else

Time is money
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Time is money

Movies |  On the federal debt crisis, leaders aren't leading

Power vs. love
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Power vs. love

Books |  Jeff Sharlet reflects the growing paranoia about evangelical influence in politics

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Notable books

Notable Books |  Four books with Christian themes reviewed by Susan Olasky

Show and tell
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Show and tell

Books |  University of Texas professor J. Budziszewski has answers and advice for today's college students

Road to Recovery
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Road to Recovery

Music |  Loudon Wainwright III takes shots at his own moral failings

Billy the kid
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Billy the kid

Music |  Rerelease of The Stranger shows Joel's immaturity

Notebook

Man at sea
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Man at sea

Sports |  A homeschooler aims to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone

Voices

Ordinary man
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Ordinary man

Campaign 2008 |  Pastor Rick Warren says he isn't walking away from the hard stuff

Freedom isn't free
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Freedom isn't free

And that goes for press freedom, too

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

Trap doors
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Trap doors

Some barriers are not enough to hold back sin

Barack to school
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Barack to school

Campaign 2008 |  Obama offers more of what hasn't worked in education policy

Rorty's rebels
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Rorty's rebels

Why do parents support anti-parent education?

Waiting for Venditte
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Waiting for Venditte

Sheer velocity isn't everything

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