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Decision time

Decision time

Cover Story | Sinful humans with all our quirks will decide who controls the White House and Congress. But under a sovereign God, the election is no crapshoot

DIFFERENT MINDSETS: Lugar (left) and Mourdock at a debate in April.

Hoosier spite

Cover Story | Republican chances of taking the Senate aren’t being helped by 36-year Senate veteran Dick Lugar’s grudge against the primary opponent who dared defeat him

Joe Walsh

Tea Party tests

Cover Story | Races in Virginia and Illinois will show how deep the roots of the 2010 House election have gone

NEW DIRECTION: McKenna, left, greets a guest at a neighborhood picnic in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood.

Revenge of the over-regulated

Cover Story | Republicans, pointing to the success of free market policies in Virginia, are poised to make historic gains in governorships across the country

BEADS OF CHANGE: Edward Ritchie holds a rosary as he and others protest against a gay “marriage” bill that the Maryland State House voted on in Annapolis, Md.

Taking the initiative

Cover Story | A slew of marriage votes leads the list of ballot measures across the country in November

In this issue: "Race to the finish," Nov. 3, 2012

Features

SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: Christians mourn religious violence in Orissa and other parts of India.
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Not forsaken

Religion |  A sharp increase in violence against Christians worldwide brings renewed urgency to the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

HEALTH DISTRIBUTION: A patient has blood taken at Shepherd’s Clinic in Baltimore.
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Clinical analysis

Healthcare |  The 2012 election will have a deep impact on charity healthcare clinics in the United States. But the uninsured, and the need for these clinics, we will…

TIME TO GIVE: Pugh at CCHC
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A calling to care

Healthcare |  Volunteer doctors, nurses, and dentists fill a crucial role in providing healthcare to the needy, especially when licensing and liability laws provide for…

HELPING THEMSELVES: A patient visits Shelter Health Services in Charlotte, N.C.
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Patient dedication

Healthcare |  Charity clinics often focus on changing unhealthy behavior, but it takes a long-term outlook and patients who want to change

Dispatches

The Oval Office is godless
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The Oval Office is godless

Politics |  American voters—and pundits—seem to be learning not to put their trust in princes

American Airlines Arena
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Looking Ahead

NBA season opens The Miami Heat, the NBA’s reigning champions, will kick off the professional basketball season on Oct. 30 when they play host to the Boston…

Minority report
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Minority report

And more news briefs

Dinesh D'Souza
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King's crisis

Religion |  After a meteoric rise in the evangelical world, The King’s College president Dinesh D’Souza now faces his board’s likely questions about his…

Virgil Goode
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Difference makers?

Politics |  Third-party candidates won’t get a lot of votes, but they may affect the outcome of campaign 2012

Eric Lomax
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Human Race

Died Eric Lomax, whose memoir The Railway Man recounted his experiences as a British prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, died Oct. 8 at age 93. Lomax,

Felix Baumgartner
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Quotables

‘Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are.’ Felix Baumgartner, a 43-year-old daredevil who on Oct. 14 broke world records for the…

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Not care-free Four months after an unusual Panera restaurant opened in their neighborhood, some residents in the Lakeview area of Chicago are beginning to…

Reviews

TRIBUTE: Affleck (center) with secluded attachés.
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Spy game

Movies |  Argo entertains wonderfully as it gives the CIA rare but deserved credit

Here Comes the Boom
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Here Comes the Boom

Movies |  Kevin James’ Here Comes the Boom (rated PG) has flashes of insight and well-paced humor as it tells the story of one man’s transformation from lazy drudge to…

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Box Office Top 10

Movies |  For the weekend of Oct. 12-14 according to Box Office Mojo

Call the Midwife
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Call the Midwife

Television |  U.S. viewers who love Downton Abbey might be surprised to learn that another BBC series, Call the Midwife , eclipsed it last spring in the U.K. and is now on PBS.

Atlas Shrugged, Part II
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Atlas Shrugged, Part II

Movies |  The United States is in dire financial straits and the federal government steps in to take economic control for the common good. Sound familiar? No, this is…

Spectacle: Aaron Spelling’s mansion
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Not classy

Books |  Will America’s new upper class embrace the alternative to coming apart?

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Notable Books

Books |  Four novels for light reading

Charles Murray
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American abyss

Q&A |  The country, says author Charles Murray, has big problems regardless of who wins the presidential election

Armstrong
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Growing pains

Music |  His behavior may not reflect it, but Billie Joe Armstrong’s music shows him maturing

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Notable CDs

Music |  Six new or recent CD releases

Notebook

ON THE RIGHT PATH: Jones.
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What children live by

Lifestyle |  WORLD follows up with mother who, for the sake of her children, made it her mission to get off and stay off welfare

BATTERY BUG: Nissan Leaf
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Dying Leafs

Technology |  Americans aren’t excited about electric vehicles with short battery lives

Séralini
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Show your work

Science |  A contentious study questioning GM food integrity needs integrity itself

Bedford Park Presbyterian Church
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Bedford Park Presbyterian Church

Houses of God |  Bronx, N.Y.

Cheer fear
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Cheer fear

Sports |  An anti-religion group claims high-school football and Bible verses are an unconstitutional mix

Data defects
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Data defects

Money |  Nobody cooks the unemployment rate books, but the government’s surveys do need reform

Propaganda
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A bad rap?

Religion |  Christian rapper takes Reformed believers to task for admiring the Puritans

Voices

No apologies needed
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No apologies needed

Politics |  Politics is part of our teaching assignment as Christians

Electronic delusion
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Electronic delusion

Technology |  Teenagers who spend too much time online never really learn about themselves

Spicy democracy
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Spicy democracy

India |  In India as elsewhere, government of and by the people can be pungent, messy, and slow

Mailbag
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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

Call it courage
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Call it courage

Faith & Inspiration |  Whether called to surrender or fight, you must have courage and seek the Lord

An electric atmosphere
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An electric atmosphere

Politics |  Dissatisfying election? Yes, but we have three good reasons not to despair

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