Joel Belz (1941–2024) was WORLD’s founder and a regular contributor of commentary for WORLD Magazine and WORLD Radio. He served as editor, publisher, and CEO for more than three decades at WORLD and was the author of Consider These Things. Visit WORLD’s memorial tribute page.
In memoriam
The Tenth Commandment and debates over tax policy
The federal government’s fiscal and moral woes come from a lack of commitment to truth-telling
Our culture has learned how to cleverly conceal the truth
Those who make it boring, make it forgettable and thus repeatable
God’s foes seem strong for a time, but they become mere tumbleweed
I lost $2, but America is losing much more
Which Muslim nation offers an example of freedom?
The wheat and the tares in our public life
