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March 26, 2011 | Vol. 26, No. 6

Fight or flight

Jamie Dean | Libya's upheaval triggers life-or-death migration-up to 20,000 a day-to countries with enough chaos of their own


FEATURES

Timothy Dalrymple | In a time of tremendous personal debt, Dave Ramsey is at the forefront of a fast-growing financial stewardship movement

Megan Basham | Tea Party Patriots convention reveals a movement growing in sophistication-and with eyes on 2012

Emily Belz | In budget-cutting fervor, House Republicans slash the Bush era's successful global health initiatives-and Christian leaders are pushing back: "Make cuts . . .

Emily Belz | One Ugandan family's effort to help orphaned children in their community has grown into a globe-trotting children's choir

Dan Reed | Facing serious short-term budget deficits and enormous long-term liabilities, aggressive and controversial governors are seeking to uproot the way governments do business


CULTURE
Books

Game theories

Three new books delve into the world of baseball, while four others take an exacting, and in one case disturbingly sad, look at the past
 
FILM & TV

Secret Millionaire

New ABC show where the wealthy go undercover in poor neighborhoods to find worthy causes on which to bestow their money

Doctrine to die for

Telling the story of French monks murdered in Algeria, Of Gods and Men is a wonderful affirmation of Christianity

Beastly

What saves this film is its almost infectious earnestness in conveying its tale: that true worth comes from within and true love conquers all

Rango

Audiences for the most part will be left wondering what all the fuss is about

Box Office Top 10

For the weekend of March 4-6, according to Box Office Mojo
Music

Jeff of all trades

Christian drummer Jeff Bowders' album is a musical and spiritual journey
Notable CDs

Notable CDs

Five new pop-rock releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza
Q&A

Excellent, not elite

Author Andy Crouch argues that everyone should strive to make culture by humbly mastering a field that intersects with the world's brokenness

NOTEBOOK
Sports
Many well-meaning Christian coaches are better teachers in life than pen
Money
The government considers billions in asset sales
Technology
Brooklyn Museum gathers demographic data by letting website visitors design exhibit
Science
Famous shuttle makes its last trip as the end of the entire shuttle program nears
Religion
The old Protestant denominations continue their decades-long decline
Lifestyle
TimeBanks bring together communities around mutual service
Houses of God
Kalispell, Montana