articles 7/17

Gay Teenager Stirs a Storm
By ALEX WILLIAMS
When Zach, a 16-year-old from Tennessee, wrote on his personal Web page that his parents were sending him to a fundamentalist Christian program because he was gay, he caused an uproar.

The power of Potter
Can the teenage wizard turn a generation of halfhearted readers into lifelong bookworms?

An American in London
My countrymen seemed more alarmed by the 7/7 attacks than the natives.
by Rebecca Goldsmith

US News
Democrats kick off an multifront campaign to connect with religious voters

More Immigrants, More Jobs
Keeping America's door open has kept America's economy booming.
by Stephen Moore

London and Guantanamo
The 7/7 attacks show the importance of keeping terrorists out of circulation.

Fighting Words
Take two bloggers from opposite ends of the overheated political debate, put them on a Washington tour bus together, then ponder the fate of an increasingly uncivil society

Polling Islam
by David Warren

A Pass on Privacy?
By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL
E-Z convenience has become all the rage. But what's it doing to your identity?

The Framing Wars
Do Republicans win elections because they know how to turn issues into stories? Can Democrats learn the same trick? And can they find the magic words to win the coming battle over the Supreme Court?

What to Do After Your Data Is Stolen
By M.P. DUNLEAVEY
Someone swiped my debit card account data, but another kind of headache started with some of the advice given to me as an identity theft victim.

London: The Pakistani Connection
Those paying attention to Britain's Jamaati culture shouldn't be surprised by London's home-grown terrorists.
by Stephen Schwartz

The Electoral-Based Community
Why the rise of the left-wing blogosphere has been bad for the Democratic party.
by Dean Barnett

Jihad Made In Europe
There may be more to fear from a mosque in Leeds than a madrassa in the Middle East.
by Reuel Marc Gerecht

Breeding Stupidity
Where does the insistence that the war in Iraq is creating terrorists come from?
by Hugh Hewitt

Ed Gillespie's rise
by Robert Novak
Super-lobbyist Ed Gillespie has been given his own office in the West Wing of the White House to manage President Bush's Supreme Court confirmation battle.

No Place for Me
I Still Love God, But I've Lost Faith in the Black Church
By John W. Fountain
Sunday morning arrived, like so many before, with a mix of sunlight and chirping birds outside my bedroom window and a warm greeting from my tiny son, lying beside my wife and me. My wife rose quickly, announcing her plan to jump in the shower and get ready for Sunday school at the Baptist church,...