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.
Let's move the debate over Mormon candidates forward
Young Americans need to hear an old tale of sound stewardship
Making speeches and spreading blame are tools of choice in an adolescent White House
Godly training to meet harsh economic reality is here
Joel Belz | Teaching about money shouldn't wait until high school or college-and it's inner-city schools and a new economics program that are leading the way to elementary financial literacy
Is the United States on the downward road from A to Z?
Longer life expectancies give new perspective on the Fifth Commandment
God's foes seem strong for a time, but they become mere tumbleweed
It takes some digging to verify a story