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October 18, 2008 | Vol. 23, No. 21

House and home

Jamie Dean | Misguided efforts to make poor people homeowners led our financial system into crisis; Christian ministries show a better way

October 18, 2008 | Vol. 23, No. 21

Economic destruction 101

Alex Tokarev | How to undermine a nation in one presidential term or less


FEATURES

Mindy Belz | War is hell, but rebuilding Iraq's political infrastructure is no picnic.

News to watch in the weeks to come

Susan Olasky | Palin controversies raise questions about propriety, privacy

Jamie Dean | What do Mormons, Catholics, and Jews have in common?

David L. Bahnsen | Hudson City provides model for financial institutions in the current crisis

Marvin Olasky | The elites showered applause on a young radical in 1970, but the kudos prompted only resentment

Alisa Harris | Pastors who endorse candidates fight to keep their tax exemption; others say that's not what the church should be about

Mark Bergin | Word that incumbent Democrats aren't supposed to lose this year hasn't yet reached the Pacific Northwest

An overview of ­hot-button measures across the nation

Jill Nelson | Instability in Pakistan puts a region-and U.S.

Alisa Harris | Proposals gaining steam at the UN concern freedom and life advocates

Marvin Olasky | All of us have good reasons to refrain from panic during a financial crisis-and even a Depression

Mindy Belz | Candidates spar over Iraq as the once-dominant campaign issue takes a backseat to domestic troubles

Lynn Vincent | In the first weeks of a new term, the high court meditates on bad words, Gnostic gambits, dolphin rights, and compulsory union payments

Marvin Olasky | Dickens and Palin don't go over well at the Times

Rusty Leonard, Warren Cole Smith | Hoping for cultural transformation at Ivy League schools

S. Joshua Swamidass, Shoba Spencer | Henry Schaefer sees a natural nexus between faith and science


CULTURE
Books

Emergent critics

David F.

Iraq and beyond

Unconditional love

Walter Wangerin Jr.
 
FILM & TV

Prodigal daughter

Jonathan Demme gives moviegoers a little optimism

Swing and miss

David Zucker's American Carol tries to hit too many targets

Master stroke

Film shows spark of innovation, fight for justice

Bill of goods

Maher puts the ridiculous in Religulous