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.
Islam and the American media are two troublesome monkeys that won't get off President Bush's back
We're watching our p's and q's in a brutal publishing environment
Future battle: Will homosexuals go after the tax-exempt status of groups that oppose their lifestyle?
We admit bias, but not, we hope, until we've thought things through
The push for homosexual marriage is not just coming from the courts
Advocates of homosexual marriage only strategically lament the decline of traditional marriage
Homosexuals and others are demanding approval, not just permission, for their behavior
But liberals and libertines need to take their share of the blame for the mindset that led to the scandal at the University of Colorado
Another liberal idea comes up way short on real compassion
Traditionalists' arguments show that we've probably already lost the debate over homosexual marriage