7 fat years

A wealth of treadmill books, 400 to be almost exact, boiled down to an all-time favorite 100

Remembering Ruth

Thousands journey to North Carolina retreat center to celebrate "the glue that held many parts" of the Graham lives together

Summer of love

Forty years ago Beatlemania peaked

Fighting chance

The battle in Gaza is a humanitarian and security nightmare-and an opportunity for anti-Hamas Palestinians to start fresh

Southern charm

Barack Obama makes important time in South Carolina: "If he can derail Clinton here, he can win the nomination"

Delay reactions

A backlog in passports has bureaucrats on 24-hour call and air travelers fuming

Fictional communities

From Mitford to Port William, two elegant writers show different sides of Scripture-grace and the valley of the shadow of death

Instruments for good

Novelist Flannery O'Connor "speaks" on the work of fiction and aspiring fiction writers

Backward, atheist soldiers!

Notable anti-religion and anti-Christian books of the past year-particularly Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great-make something out of, well, nothing

Raising patriots

It isn't as easy in today's cultural climate, but parents can have a huge influence on their children's attitudes

Scout's honor

Legacy of Honor highlights the role of Scouting in America's secret to greatness