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.
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The most important issue in this year's election has nothing to do with the economy or the war
In Iraq as elsewhere, God's realism is the only outlook that matters
Why WORLD isn't spending time covering income-tax protesters
In the debate over news media bias, liberalism vs.
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Our sick health insurance system has to change-and one option actually looks promising
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