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broad scope of God’s eternal program is another. So let us assert again and again here in these pages what His main program is: Jehovah is going to triumph. But a big question for many years, of course, has been this: Just when is that triumph going to occur? When is Jesus coming again? How much of His victory does He intend to secure Oreb, Zeeb, and before His second coming, and how much will He display only after His return? Wherever you come down on those tumbleweed ­questions, be careful about one thing. Be sure IN THE END, GOD WILL GET THE LAST WORD that what you decide is determined primarily by the evidence you find in the Bible—not by the headlines you read in the paper, on TV, on the Remember good old Oreb and Zeeb? I try internet, or even in a magazine like WORLD. R my best, every so often, to reintroduce We don’t settle eschatological questions on the them to WORLD’s readers. Otherwise, you might basis of the news, but on the Bible. confuse them with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Here’s what the Bible says: Everybody who Iran or Kim Jong Un of North Korea. raises himself against God gets put down. Not Most likely, though, you didn’t have a clue just sometime in the future, but relatively soon. whom I had in mind when I mentioned Oreb Certainly there’s been a long succession of and Zeeb. I had to look them up myself in my such people—so long it tends to make us think Bible dictionary after seeing them mentioned in evil is prevailing. But viewed from a different Psalm 83. perspective, the very succession of evildoers Oreb and Zeeb were the pompous princes of should be an encouragement to us. One by one, Midian who terrified the Israelites during the arrogant people try to take God’s place. One by time of Gideon. In a sense, they were forerunners one, they stub their toes and fall. After thousands of all in high office who deliberately offend the and thousands of tries, not a single one has programs of justice and righteousness ordained come close to winning. by Jehovah, the God of heaven and earth. Or One by one, Oreb and Zeeb are good examples. To the maybe they were symbols of the mighty giants Israelites, they were the Ayatollah Khameneis of politics, journalism, and education in 2017— arrogant or the Kim Jong Uns of their day. At the time, men like Matt Lauer, Joe Barton, Al Franken, people try to God’s people seemed so overwhelmed and and Charlie Rose, who in recent days have take God’s impotent in the face of Midianite power and ­tumbled ignominiously from their lofty perches influence. of influence. place. One by But who knows or is running scared of Oreb Oreb and Zeeb, you see, were sufficiently one, they and Zeeb these days? They merit a place in Amid rumors of war, Christians in North Korea are being brutally threatening to God’s people to merit mention stub their Scripture only so they can be compared to as symbols of the enemy. But in the end, the ­tumbleweed. That’s always what happens to tortured. And they are desperate for the comfort of God’s Word. psalmist reports, they were no more than toes and fall. those who oppose God or say He doesn’t tumbleweed. ­matter much. Who, or what pagan influence, Here’s the point. WORLD is not primarily a frightens you most right now? Worry not. The theological journal, so we never expect to devote same thing will happen to those people that You can smuggle a Bible into the hands of appreciable space to issues like eschatology. If happened to Oreb and Zeeb. you don’t know by this time whether you’re a And it will happen not just at some distant a persecuted believer for just $10. premillennialist or a postmillennialist, you time in the future, after Christ’s return— won’t find much explicit help in the columns of although it will certainly happen then with WORLD. I still tend to identify with the late finality. The defeat of such people and influences David Jones, a college roommate of mine who is going on right now. You’ve probably noticed a later became a seminary dean, who told me late few such collapses just in the last few days! The KEN WELSH/NEWSCOM one night that he had listened all day to “the names and the movements that maybe struck pre-mils, the a-mils, and the post-mils—and I’m terror in your heart when you were a child are still mostly just an ig-mil.” already, for the most part, has-beens. The decapitated heads Learn more and give: Ignorance of the precise details of the end of Oreb and Zeeb are That’s one place where the teaching of times, however, is one thing. Ignorance of the brought to Gideon. Scripture and the news media tend to agree. A worldhelp.net/NorthKorea

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Jones (above) and Moore

Fewer is Moore A GOP LOSS IN ALABAMA COULD BE A BLESSING FOR REPUBLICANS AS CHARACTER SUDDENLY BECOMES KING IN U.S. POLITICS by Timothy Lamer

Democrats are facing an uphill ity in the Senate, 51-49. R struggle to take control of the U.S. But in the November Senate in next year’s midterm elections, elections, they won’t have to defend Jones, a conventional liberal Democrat, having to defend 26 seats compared Moore or deflect attention away from didn’t win over Republicans. Moore with Republicans only having to defend him at a time when public anger is lost them. 8 seats. focused on powerful men sexually Turnout was remarkably low in Senate Democrats lost a powerful abusing younger women. Democrats Republican areas. For example, Harry weapon for that fight when they won a won’t be able to make Moore the public Enten of FiveThirtyEight.com pointed special election for a U.S. Senate seat face of Senate Republicans in 2018. out on election night that Moore won from Alabama on Dec. 12. It was a close-run race, but the heavily Republican Fayette County Over the next year, the 49.9 percent closeness belies a massive swing away overwhelmingly, but only 5,000 people to 48.4 percent victory that Democrat from Republicans. Jones won by 1.5 voted compared with 7,000 in the 2014 Doug Jones gained over Republican Roy points in a state that Donald Trump midterm elections. In that one county, Moore will force Republican senators to won by 28 points in 2016, meaning the 2,000 fewer people voted in one of the work with the slimmest possible major- state swung 29.5 points in one year. But highest-profile Senate races in recent

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memory than voted in a race in which Republican Jeff Sessions ran unop- posed. (Turnout, meanwhile, was high in urban areas that favored Jones.) $11 million The amount of money a 6-year-old boy named Ryan made reviewing toys— Some Republicans stayed home and with some help from his parents—on YouTube in 2017. others followed the lead of Richard Shelby, a Republican who holds the other Senate seat from Alabama. He announced he would write in a vote for a Republican: “I’m not going to vote for the Democrat, I didn’t vote for the Democrat or advocate for the Democrat. But I couldn’t vote for Roy Moore.” The final results showed 22,819 write-ins for a race in which Jones’ The proportion of middle- and high-school students who said they had winning margin was 20,715 votes. 1cyberbullied themselves,in using anonymous social20 media accounts, according Concerns about Roy Moore’s char- to a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. acter were the driving force behind these defections. In November, The Washington Post reported on accusa- tions that Moore had pursued teenage girls when he was a 30-something assistant district attorney in Gadsden, Ala., during the 1970s and ’80s. Moore wavered between denying the accusa- 26.1 minutes tions and saying he had the permission The average one-way commute time for American workers. of the mothers of any teenage girls he dated. Several other similar accusations surfaced, and two of the accusers said Moore sexually assaulted them when they were teens. (Moore strongly denied the assault accusations.) Moore’s loss is one more indication that the wave of assault accusations reshaping Hollywood and the national media is now changing what’s accept- able behavior among politicians of both parties as well. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., resigned because of allegations of ­sexual misconduct; Sen. Al Franken, The number of women and girls used as suicide bombers in Nigeria, D-Minn., resigned for the same reason; Cameroon, Chad, and Niger since June 2014, according to FDD’s Long War and now Republican Roy Moore has 267Journal. About half of the bombings took place in 2017. lost in one of the reddest states in the union. The days when a Ted Kennedy could get away with Chappaquiddick and “waitress sandwich” and regularly win reelection, or when a Bill Clinton could deflect credible accusations of sexual assault and win, seem to be over—at least for now. “This was not a loss on policy,” for- 7 minutes The amount of time it took Chinese police using a government camera mer GOP presidential candidate Rick ­surveillance network in Guiyang to track down a BBC reporter walking Santorum told CNN on election night. through the city. The system uses facial recognition technology.

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Rodchenkov claimed the Witnesses came forward claims he immediately told country ran a systematic saying the two had boasted his ministry leaders about doping scam, a charge about the murder for years the situation and found a Russian authorities denied and tried to intimidate wit- lawyer. He has since repeatedly. nesses into silence. dropped the lawsuit. Jailed Accused Redefined Larry Nassar, former Team Ravi Zacharias, prominent Australia on Dec. 7 legal- USA Olympic gymnastics Christian apologist, ized same-sex marriage. sports doctor, is going to released a public response The bill passed the coun- jail for 60 years for use of in December to accusations try’s Parliament by an over- child pornography. of sexual impropriety and whelming majority after Died Investigators testified to false credentials. In the the completion of a coun- King Michael of Romania, the discovery of 37,000 past, his ministry’s website trywide poll showing broad who saved his country images of child sex abuse had called Zacharias a doc- support for the change.

from Adolf Hitler, died on on Nassar’s computers in tor without clarifying his AP VIA CHRONICLE-TRIBUNE MOREHEAD/THE JEFF • ZACHARIAS: AP VIA IMAGE TSIKAS/AAP MICK • AUSTRALIA: SANCYA/AP PAUL • NASSAR: OCTAV GANEA/AP MICHAEL: Dec. 5. When Michael was 2016, and U.S. District six doctorate degrees are 22, Hitler’s friend Ion Judge Janet Neff gave him all honorary. The ministry Antonescu was the fascist the maximum sentence. has apologized. Zacharias dictator of Romania, Nassar also has also noted a personal World War II was two criminal ­lawsuit he filed against a tearing apart cases against Canadian couple that Europe, and Soviet him involv- claimed he had engaged in Russia was threat- ing allega- sexual misconduct with the ening an invasion. tions of female member of the cou- Michael’s power sexual ple. Zacharias says she had was supposed to be assault on sent him sexual messages The new law protects the nominal, but the boy female gym- and nude photos over the rights of registered reli- king stopped a nasts in his care. phone even after he asked gious leaders to refuse to Romanian-Russian war in More than 130 women, her to stop and blocked her perform same-sex mar- its tracks when he called including three U.S. number, and that the cou- riages on the basis of faith. Antonescu to the palace Olympians, filed civil law- ple’s attorney asked him for It does not extend these and arrested him. He then suits against Nassar claim- millions of dollars in return rights to nonreligious cele- renounced all ties to ing sexual abuse. Nassar has for secrecy. Zacharias brants and businesses. Germany. Postwar, Michael pleaded guilty to the assault tried to save the constitu- charges, and a court will tional monarchy, watched sentence him in January. his country fall to commu- nism, and left Romania at Charged gunpoint. He was 96 when In a 34-year-old case, two he died. white men have been indicted by a grand jury for Banned the murder of a young The International Olympic black man, Timothy Committee on Dec. 5 Coggins. Coggins was banned Russia from the found stabbed repeatedly 2018 Winter Olympics. The and slashed with a knife in ban was a result of the a town outside of Atlanta. IOC’s investigation into He also appeared to have state-sponsored doping at been dragged behind a the 2014 Games hosted by truck. Many believed the Russia. Much of the com- crime was racially moti- mittee’s information came vated, but Franklin from Grigory Rodchenkov, Gebhardt and William head of Russia’s anti-­ Moore Sr. were not arrested Zacharias doping laboratory in 2014. until this November.

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December 30, 2017 • Coin collector expected to make a full recovery. a full make to expected Mousing mission doctors found 15 pounds of pounds 15 found doctors what was in his stomach. During the endoscopy, the endoscopy, During in his stomach. was what slightly perforated his stomach, but the patient is but the patient stomach, his perforated slightly Maksood Khan’s stomach including 263 coins, 3.3 3.3 coins, including 263 stomach Khan’s Maksood Palmerston had a new envoy in the Middle East— envoy had a new Palmerston Owing to the popularity of Palmerston the cat, the cat, the of Palmerston the popularity Owing to The explanation for an Indian man’s abdominal pain abdominal an Indian man’s for The explanation and now the chief mouser of the British Embassy in of the British Embassy the chief mouser and now United Kingdom’s diplomatic corps has hired on two on two has hired corps diplomatic Kingdom’s United became styled as the Chief Mouser of the Foreign & of the Foreign styled as the Chief Mouser became Commonwealth Office building in London in 2016. In 2016. London in building in Office Commonwealth October, British diplomats in Jordan announced that announced in Jordan diplomats British October, also taken on an orphaned kitten for mousing duties. for on an orphaned kitten taken also in Satna, India, lowered a scope into the man and saw the man and saw into a scope India, lowered in Satna, Lawrence of Abdoun Amman. The British Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, has in Istanbul, Turkey, Amman. The British Consulate more “diplocats.” Palmerston, a black-and-white stray, stray, a black-and-white Palmerston, “diplocats.” more to a doctor who operated on the man, the objects had on the man, the objects operated who a doctor to came as soon as doctors at the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital Gandhi the Sanjay at as doctors came as soon pounds of nails, and other assorted material. 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No, none of that actually happened. My hands flew up from the wheel, as thoughhorrified ­ at what I had made them do, and my wandering mind snapped back to attention with all kinds of oh-nos and what-ifs and promises­ never to to think. do that again. Be careful, little­ eyes: We’re going to pay attention from now on, we promise. It was a good experience from that Minute by minute ­perspective, a smart crack of the whip to a mind too prone to wander. My New Year’s to create. IT IS IN THE MOMENT THAT THINGS HAPPEN ­resolution: Pay attention! Moments like that are AND THE SPIRIT MOVES when the fog could easily become a solid wall. I

One year on a chilly Sunday evening, Dec. R 29, a small group had gathered at the to grow. church where I worshipped. The Sunday night crowd was usually less than half the size of Sunday morning’s, and it was Christmas week besides, but our pastor preached as faithfully to ­scattered sheep as he would have to packed pews. For this sermon he borrowed a theme from his own grandfather, also a pastor, and notes from 1949 (before most of us were even I grew exponentially in my faith born). “ The future, he said, is like an impenetrable at Union. Union grounded me very veil, so thick we don’t even know what the next well in my faith and apologetics minute holds. As I listened, I changed the and knowing why I believe what ­figure of speech. Maybe the future was more I could have could have slammed into my future at 40 mph, like a thick fog, where we can form a pretty putting a sudden end to it or loading it with I believe. It gave me a very strong slammed into accurate picture of the next days and weeks, consequences for my nearest circle of friends and understanding of Scripture, and but the more distant times are shrouded in my future relatives. Further tremors would have shaken mystery. Ghostly shapes rear up out there, the at 40 mph, out to fellow church members and business that, more than anything, prepared shapes of our children, grandchildren, friends, associates, rallying to assist me or do without me well for going to a place and antagonists, yet unmet. ­putting a me or make some changes in the masthead. Or not. For in every sliver of the future lurks sudden end A single moment can change everything. like Yale. the sudden shift—the leap, or the fall. One to it. “Teach us to number our days, that we may ” ­minute can change everything. gain a heart of wisdom,” sang the prophet It could have changed for me on my way to Moses (Psalm 90:12). I try to do that during church that very evening, where I would hear morning prayers with every sunrise God gives KATELYN WALLS, ’16 that sermon. I was traveling north on a familiar me, knowing their number is limited. My times Christian Thought and Tradition route. The church building was in view, two are in His hands, a great comfort. I need not and English graduate blocks ahead. At a moderate speed (or maybe 5 fear the veil that hides my future; even a Studying Ethics at Yale Divinity School mph over the limit, which is moderate for me), ­careless instant with dreadful results He can I cruised through the last intersection and, work out for good. glancing up, noticed that the light was red. But be careful, little soul, not to shove “He In one endless second: a screaming glare of can” in front of “I will.” I give Him my days but headlights to the left, just before the force of a hold on to my minutes. I schedule my acts of 300 horsepower engine burrows into my side. charity and spiritual obligation but too often let Or an outraged­ blare of horn as a pickup truck my mind drift afield while doing them. Yet it’s Union University is shaping the next generation strikes my rear bumper and spins me like a top. moment by moment that things happen, that of great leaders. Union is nationally recognized Or the sputter and whine of a police siren as a the Spirit moves, that lives begin and end. for academic excellence and exceptional

cop swivels his blue light and pulls me over. Me My continuing resolution: Pay attention. PERCDS/ISTOCK value. Come experience Union for yourself. feeling (or perhaps looking) like a crumpled Not to constantly grill myself on how I’m using wad of paper in my new coat that was such a the time, but to remain aware of time’s potential | great deal and made me so happy for a little for good or evil. God orders my days, but I’m United in Spirit. Grounded in Truth. JACKSON, TENNESSEE uu.edu while. accountable for my minutes. A

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Movie senior members of the Star Wars world. Poe and Finn both rejoin Princess- turned-General Leia A shift in the Force? Organa (poignantly, the last THE LAST JEDI MAY SIGNAL CHANGES TO THE role of the late Carrie ESTABLISHED ‘RELIGION’ OF STAR WARS by Megan Basham Fisher) ready to act on her orders on behalf of the Resistance. Rey, meanwhile, Even if The Last Jedi very first Star Wars movie, It would be a crime, is still on a remote island R makes some missteps, writer/director Rian then, to spoil a movie so cliff with Luke Skywalker it’s hard to complain too Johnson takes the fran- anticipated by so many. So (Mark Hamill)—just a girl much about this latest chise in fun, unexpected I’ll simply say that we catch ­standing in front of a Jedi, installment of the Star Wars directions. Even when a up with Rey (Daisey Ridley), asking him to train her. resurrection. Whereas J.J. battle ends with the Finn (John Boyega), and I worried last year that Abrams’ relaunch worked expected outcome, its Poe (Oscar Isaac) essen- despite being one of the largely because it replayed manner of ending is often tially where we left most engaging new charac-

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major role in the series still seeing the essential Johnson, who is signed on (1) Mark Hamill (2) Adam going forward. I’m happy to Luke personality, grown to write and direct the next Driver (3) John Boyega and Gwendoline Christie (4) cop to being wrong on that. stoic by time and experi- installment, proves he isn’t Joonas Suotamo with a Porg Instead, Johnson wisely ence. Johnson likewise afraid to challenge the makes Poe and Finn equal develops something deep established “religion” of partners in a series of and unique with Rey that Star Wars and perhaps, as of Luke Skywalker milking ­missions. In a sense, though fits the Star Wars paradigm Rogue One seemed to do, some anatomically startling Isaac’s personality is origi- while also defying it. For redefine what the Force is. beasts and a briefly shirtless nal, his cocky commander all that she’s a sort of Like The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), becomes the new Han Solo anti-chosen-one, she’s no beyond the Eastern mysti- the film has virtually no to Boyega’s somewhat less worthy to take up the cism, there’s little in The visual stumbling blocks. milquetoast leading man. Skywalker mantle. Last Jedi to concern parents The movie’s main failing The really compelling As we would expect, the and plenty of cute, cuddly is that it tries to stuff too ­plotline, however, belongs New Agey element of the creatures to make older kids much plot into it’s over-long to Rey and Luke. Force comes in for a fair smile. Even when the action 2 hour and 30 minute run If it seemed at the end of amount of discussion, but is intense, it’s mostly blood- time. The result is an ending The Force Awakens that this time the Jedi Master less, and with the exception that feels endless and anti- their meeting was simply a seems a little less climactic while several convenient way to reintro- sure of its purpose elements that could have duce Skywalker to the plot, and function. The been gob-smacking feel think again. Luke and Rey’s film literally builds BOX OFFICE TOP 10 rushed and underdevel- FOR THE WEEKEND OF DEC. 8-10 back and forth gets at the a bonfire of past according to Box Office Mojo oped. It particularly does heart of why Star Wars has Jedi vanities. It’s a disservice­ to Kylo Ren, captured the imagination of not clear yet where CAUTIONS: Quantity of sexual (S), violent­ (V), as we’re never quite sure and foul-language (L) ­content on a 0-10 scale, generations, and they have Johnson is going with 10 high, from kids-in-mind.com what his motivation is. more chemistry than any with this reassess- S V L Of course, it could be master-student relationship ment of George `1 Coco* PG...... 1 3 1 Johnson is leaving some since impetuous Luke and Lucas’ mythology, `2 Justice League* PG-13...... 3 6 4 things murky on purpose Old Ben Kenobi first met in and it’s by no means `3 Wonder* PG...... 1 3 3 to set us up for the next the wastelands of Tatooine. certain his story `4 The Disaster Artist R...... not rated adventure. If so, mission It’s a joy to see Hamill will end up with a `5 Thor: Ragnarok* PG-13...... 3 6 4 accomplished. Even if `6 PG-13...... 4 3 4 reprising the role so deftly. conclusion that Daddy’s Home 2 the stuffed-gills plot LUCASFILM LTD. His performance as Luke reflects something `7 Murder on the grew frustrating, I’m still here is better than it’s ever true and noble. It’s Orient Express PG-13...... 1 5 3 looking forward to the `8 ...... been—we see the influence simply worth The Star* PG 1 3 1 next foray into a galaxy `9 ...... of teachers like Yoda while ­noting that Lady Bird* R 6 3 6 far, far away. A `10 Just Getting Started* PG-13...... 4 5 5

22 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 *Reviewed by WORLD Claire Foy Movie Just Getting Started Sure, Just Getting the ladies. Merely R Started is only a ­trophies to tussle over movie, but it’s still painful are the film’s women to watch seniors act as if characters, including their many years have Suzie Quince (Rene taught them nothing. Russo), a regional man- “Sex, booze, golf, and ager sent to scrutinize then you die,” quips Duke Villa Capri’s books. Diver (Morgan Freeman), The occasion of a hit resident manager of Villa man trying to kill Duke Capri, a luxury retirement reluctantly rallies Leo to Television community in Palm Duke’s corner but adds Springs. little intrigue to the film The Crown “Heaven is going to be (rated PG-13 for language, a disappointment to you,” suggestive material, and (This review season show Elizabeth Leo McKay (Tommy Lee brief violence). Writer- R ­contains spoilers!) growing as a leader and Jones) winks back. director Ron Shelton, Is it easier, or harder, even as a Christian. If this film is any best known for sports to stay faithful to your Episode 6 depicts the ­indication, Freeman, 80, movies like Bull Durham spouse while the world is Queen’s introduction to and Jones, 71, aren’t and White Men Can’t watching your every evangelist Billy Graham looking to burnish their Jump, can’t find his way move? Season 2 of The (Paul Sparks). storied careers with to deliver either a caper Crown, available now as True to life, it depicts meaningful roles. Perhaps flick or a buddy movie. 10 hourlong episodes on the queen inviting Graham Freeman is breaking the Freeman and Jones don’t Netflix, could easily be to preach in her private fourth wall when Duke mesh well here, and their subtitled “A Study in chapel after seeing him says, “I’m just trying to innuendo-laced dialogue Marriage.” on TV and consulting him fade into the sunset with just gets old. Last season, we afterwards. (The TV part a smile on my face.” Conspicuously absent watched Queen Elizabeth is a little fuzzy, but the It’s the Christmas are children and grand- II adjust to the figurative two did strike up a ­season at Villa Capri, children; Villa Capri’s weight of the English friendship that has lasted where Duke is the life of ­residents don’t even have crown. This season, much for years.) the never-ending party. discussions about family. of the drama revolves During one meeting, Men hang on his every But the film’s oddest fea- around royal marriage, or the queen struggles gen- gesture, and women ture might be the singing. maybe more accurately, uinely with forgiving her throw themselves at him. A half-dozen times, royal infidelity. uncle, a Nazi sympathizer. But then Texas business- ­characters break out into Some might call it Graham helps her to man Leo arrives in a religious Christmas slow, at times. But the ­conclude that forgiving pickup and ten-gallon ­carols but then return to way The Crown shows the an oppressor, and even hat—a real stretch for wallowing in their undig- English monarchy mod- praying for him, is not the Jones, no? Leo moves nified conversations. ernizing, and the way it same thing as giving in to into villa 71 and proceeds Stars appear in this keeps the audience guess- his demands. to beat Duke at his own desert oasis, but no wise ing about marriages we It’s a fabulous episode, already know the ending one show creator Peter games: poker, golf, and men. —by BOB BROWN to, is anything but boring. Morgan called “the best For example, writers bit of writing in the sea- strongly imply Prince son.” Episode 7, however, Phillip cheated on the contains a graphic sex queen, and Princess scene, a choice that feels Margaret continues her out of place in an other- long search for romance wise largely safe-to-watch and identity through season. marriage to a philander- The show enjoyed a ing photographer. number of awards and While these high- nominations last year and stakes marriages are the has already appeared on Freeman (right), Russo, and Jones predominant theme, the a couple of lists for 2018. very best episodes of the —by LAURA FINCH JUST GETTING STARTED: BROAD GREEN PICTURES • THE CROWN: ROBERT VIGLASKY/NETFLIX

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ous Pakistani for prime time but make it Danson and Bell woman and one- difficult to recommend The time ­philanthropist, Good Place. What sets the shares a mansion show apart from much with Jianyu (Manny else on TV are its clever Jacinto), formerly a writing and ingenious bits. Buddhist monk. As For example, attempted expected in a post- expletives uttered in The Christian concep- Good Place are—naturally— tion of “heaven,” an translated instantaneously ever-cheerful gay into tamer alternatives. couple also live in Still, “shirt!” and “fork!” the neighborhood. aren’t what many parents Eleanor realizes would want their kids she doesn’t deserve hollering. to be there and Danson is a perfect fit admits as much to as Michael, and Bell makes her soul mate, Chidi Eleanor, even in her ugliest (William Jackson moments, entirely relat- Harper), a former able. It’s the nonhumans, Television ethics professor from though, who provide the Senegal. In early episodes, big laughs. Janet (D’Arcy hilarious flashbacks replay Carden) is Siri in the flesh, Forever flubbed Eleanor’s selfish antics on a sentient robot who mate- NBC’S THE GOOD PLACE SPOOFS Earth, such as her scams rializes on command. She’s MODERN LIFE BUT DODGES to avoid being the desig- able to retrieve requested nated driver on Thursday objects and answer most MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS OF night bar crawls with her questions, but like the ETERNITY by Bob Brown friends. iPhone app, hasn’t exactly But Eleanor wants to mastered human idiosyn- become a better person. If crasies. Trevor (Adam The Good Place, now Eleanor’s new address is she’s found out, she faces Scott) is a demon from The R in its second season Neighborhood 12358W, a the prospect of eternal Bad Place who occasionally on NBC, is a spunky com- utopian small town with ­torture in The Bad Place. visits The Good Place. edy about the afterlife. frozen yogurt shops at More than that, though, her While dining at a fine res- While theologians might every turn. own behavior begins to taurant, he commits the be balking, critics are “This is not the heaven appall her, as it manifests ultimate evil—clipping­ his swooning: The American or hell idea that you were in catastrophes for her toenails on the tabletop. Film Institute nominated raised on,” Michael informs ­neighbors. Once when she And what do his fellow the show as one of its TV Eleanor from behind his sweeps trash under a rug, demons karaoke to? The Programs of the Year. desk. “Every world religion garbage rains down from Nixon tapes, of course. Humorous and quirky, The guessed about 5 percent” the sky all over the neigh- Series creator Michael Good Place picks apart the of what life after death borhood. She asks Chidi to Schur has a good eye for little absurdities of earthly would be like, he adds. give her morality lessons. the follies of American life but gives scant insight Indeed, the show’s escha- Without spoiling too ­culture, but he and the into eternal matters. tology is about 95 percent much, Eleanor’s presence show’s other writers don’t Eleanor (Kristen Bell) wrong. is not the only crack in par- take up meaningful has died in a shopping cart Michael says The Good adise. A major twist in the ­questions about sin and accident and wakened in Place accepts only the few first season’s finale reveals ­salvation. That’s unsurpris- an office, where she meets individuals who did the Michael’s true agenda and ing. Without God’s Word, the supernatural-ish most good while on Earth. establishes a different people can hold only the Michael (Ted Danson). Each newcomer is paired ­context for the second sea- spurious hope that the Sporting stylish eyewear with his or her true soul son, which many critics are hereafter will be like the and a snappy bowtie, mate, and the couple is saying is funnier and more here-and-now, perhaps a VIVIAN ZINK/NBC Michael is the architect of assigned a specially inventive than the first. little better. one of The Good Place’s designed house. Tahani The frequent sexual That’s a bad place to many neighborhoods. (Jameela Jamil), a glamor- innuendoes might be par be in. A

24 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 Documentary The darker side of Tinseltown AN OPEN SECRET IS A TROUBLING BUT APPROPRIATE HOLLYWOOD EXPOSÉ FOR OUR SCANDAL-RIDDEN TIMES by Megan Basham

It must have come as typical of manager-client horrible they really are,” want to stand up and R a surprise to director relations in the movie busi- Michael Harrah tells Berg. cheer. Maddeningly, Amy Berg two years ago ness: “He just told me this “This is not a terrible thing though, the resulting con- when film festivals declined is normal. This is what you unless you think it is. It’s victions often mean little, to screen her documentary have to do.” Most disturb- just something that as in the case of an acting An Open Secret. Her ing, though, is hearing ­happens to you in your life.” coach who continued­ ­previous film Deliver Us about the inner guilt and But if it seems that this working at top kids’ shows from Evil had been confusion the victim warped thinking is being such as The Suite Life of ­universally praised by ­experienced because he swept away in our current Zack & Cody even after he ­critics and nominated for couldn’t help having natu- national demand for was convicted on multiple an Academy Award. Now, ral, physical responses to ­reckoning, consider that counts of child molesting. she and her team couldn’t his victimizer—something one of the strongest early The public is calling for even get a distribution deal. the victimizer later cites as Oscar contenders right justice for those who’ve But then again, her earlier proof the boy “wanted it.” now centers on a sexual suffered from sexual documentary dealt with Upsetting as such ­relationship between a abuse, and no group of pedophilia in the Catholic details are to hear, the Church, not in Hollywood. stripping away of the Perhaps now that one euphemisms people of Open Secret’s periph- often use when eral subjects—X-Men and ­discussing abuse forces Superman Returns direc- the viewer to consider tor Bryan Singer—has not just the predators, became the latest in a long but those who facilitate line of Hollywood heavy- their crimes. Powerful weights to face public fall- pedophiles can have a out stemming­ from sexual network of lawyers and abuse charges, the film’s studio sycophants in time has finally come. place protecting them. Certainly the producers Listening to former Berg and hope so: They recently detective-turned-­ abuse victim made the documentary Vanity-Fair-reporter Evan Henzi free to stream on Vimeo in John Connolly describe a bid to bring attention to how his exposé on child graduate student in his ­victims should demand our the issue of child abuse in Hollywood was mid-20s and a 17-year-boy. ­attention more than ­molestation in Hollywood. killed by Details magazine Call Me By Your Name is ­children. Over the years The systemic abuse can’t help but call to mind being hailed by the Los the media have been dis- detailed in the PG-13 film, what Ronan Farrow expe- Angeles Times as a “pow- missive and even sneering with descriptions of the rienced this year when erfully erotic and affecting toward down-and-out rape and molestation of 11-­ ­trying to get NBC to air his love story,” and USA Today ­former child stars because to 15-year-old boys, is reporting on Harvey says its depiction of first they exhibit the very kind more horrifying than just Weinstein. love is “worth savoring.” of troubled behavior you’d about anything we’ve seen Even more infuriating is Despite dealing directly expect from anyone who in the headlines over the when the founder and with horrific crimes, the endured such trauma at a last few months. One ­former chair of the SAG- tone of An Open Secret is young age. young man said he was AFTRA Young Performers not all dispiriting. The But as we’ve seen in only 12 when his manager Committee tries to down- ­courage a few of the boys recent months, titans can began showing him gay play the crimes committed exhibit, risking their fall. Now is a perfect time pornography and told him against children in his careers in order to expose to return attention to this the behavior onscreen was industry. “I’m not sure how their abusers, makes you searing documentary. A DISARMING FILMS & ESPONDA PRODUCTIONS

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and the Kent State University Press is working its way through his corpus: Nightstand reading Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury (2017) includes his REVIEWS OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED ­prolific writing in 1944 and 1945. NOVELS by Marvin Olasky Simon Sebag Montefiore’sRed Sky at Noon (Pegasus) has Jan. 2, 2018, as its official publication date, but I’ll jump the gun because it is a fine war novel with vivid descriptions of cavalry battles outside Stalingrad in 1942. Its sympathetic hero, writer and political prisoner Benya Golden, has been freed from the Gulag because Josef Stalin in his desperation wants cavalry soldiers who have already given up hope and are willing to go on near-suicide missions. The downside is unsurprising in a war novel: lots of Douglas Wilson’s Flags Out Front Gaines’ The Tragedy of Brady Sims violence, an instance of adultery, and R (Canon Press, 2017) is an amusing (Vintage, 2017) is a sad, lyrically written occasional obscenities from Gulag novel with a P.G. Wodehouse flair that novella that needs a Blues accompani- prison guards, Russian soldiers, Stalin, will delight those depressed by the sight ment. With a worldview opposite that and Stalin’s son. of Christians perpetually playing defense. of Flags Out Front, it could be called David Baldacci’s The Fix (Grand The hero is an apparently milquetoastish “Flags at Half-Mast,” as characters Central, 2017) is a bestseller with Christian college president who carry out what they are purportedly ­relatively mild language and scenes but ­providentially becomes a media target fated to do. lots of bad writing. Jack Grimwood, the and turns out to (a) have guts, (b) rake Walter Wangerin Jr. fans will enjoy author of Moskva (Thomas Dunne, in the contributions, (c) brilliantly turn Wounds Are Where Light Enters 2017), writes as you’d expect a person the tables on journalistic assassins, and (Zondervan, 2017), a collection of short with his last name to write: His grim (d) get the (incredibly beautiful) girl. No stories that show God’s working in a novel shows the corruption of the last sex, violence, or bad language. variety of lives. Ray Bradbury, best years of the Soviet Union and offers For those who tolerate some known for his science fiction novels, powerful passages but lots of bad obscenities and profanities, Ernest was also a talented short story writer, ­language and several adulterous scenes.

BOOKMARKS Arthur Cotterell’s The Near East (Hurst, 2017) Theodore Cabal and Peter Rasor II try to be is a succinct survey of 4,000 years, marred by ­creation peacemakers with Controversy of the one un-Biblical assumption: “The incredible story Ages: Why Christians Should Not Divide Over of David’s slaying of Goliath, the giant Philistine the Age of the Earth (Weaver, 2017). Michael champion, clearly has a legendary source.” Chaberek’s Aquinas and Evolution (Chartwell, Eugene Rogan’s The Arabs (Basic, 2017) is a 2017) shows that Darwinist tendencies at today’s readable history of the past five centuries, but its Vatican are counter to Catholic tradition and account of the last century shows an anti-Israel incompatible with teaching by Thomas Aquinas. bias. Three times on page 253 we learn that

Bradley Gardner’s China’s Great Migration Palestinian Arabs lost “their country” but had BY AFRICA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK (Independent Institute, 2017) sees the willingness (or “trust in the justice of their cause”—we don’t hear the necessity) of peasants to move from the countryside to same about Israel’s Jews. cities as the fount of China’s national prosperity. Vanity Rogan barely mentions two Arab massacres of 50 and Fair’s Schools for Scandal, edited by Graydon Carter 76 Jews in April 1948 but gives gruesome detail of an (Simon & Schuster, 2017), includes articles about leading attack that month on an Arab village that resulted in 110 campus scandals of the past 25 years, including phantom villager deaths. Although Arabs enormously outnumbered charges at Duke and Virginia and big problems at Hillsdale Jews, Rogan says the latter’s victory was “more a matter and Harvard. of manpower and firepower than willpower.”—M.O.

26 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 FOUR SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS reviewed by Susan Olasky and World Journalism Institute students

JOHN BROWN TO JAMES BROWN: AFTERWORD THE LITTLE FARM WHERE LIBERTY BUDDED, BLOSSOMED, AND BOOGIED Ed Maliskas Susan Burchett’s The Animals of Eden includes John Brown to James Brown traces the history of a piece of wise stories laced with property in western Maryland from the 1850s (when John humor, featuring anthropo- Brown stayed there preparing for his raid on Harpers Ferry) to morphized animals. They the 1950s and ’60s (when R&B bands and singers performed provide both natural history there). Maliskas, a pastor with a B.A. in history, did extensive and entrées into the Bible. research and conducted many interviews with people who went In Abel the Aardvark, a to hear the bands and dance at the farm. The book will particu- ­little aardvark ignores his larly appeal to those with an interest in African-American and mother’s instruction about music history. —Anna Smith how best to get termites out of a mound. He sets out to TAMING THE BEAST: CAN WE BRIDLE THE do it his own way. Mother CULTURE OF CORRUPTION? Robert Osburn Jr. ­aardvark isn’t happy—and pro- This book integrates imaginative narratives, a humorous ceeds to tell him storytelling method, down-to-earth characters, and Biblical the story of Cain principles aimed to help readers “bridle the culture of corruption.” and Abel: how Each chapter contains an illustration of the character—an animal, Abel’s sacrifice person, or thing—that points to the causes and degrading effects pleased God of corruption. Each chapter includes an outline of the main points because “he and questions for discussion. The author spent 30 years training knew it was international students to engage, with a Christian worldview, the important deepest needs of their societies. —Jessica Setiawan to first find out what pleases MOUNTAINS OF MANHATTAN God.” Each Jenny Lind Schmitt story Helen, a young woman with a mysterious past, enjoys her life as (Bartimaeus secretary to the head of an international organization opposing the Bat, communism. She meets an elderly Swiss seamstress with her own Cornelius the secrets. Well-drawn characters and evocative portrayals of mid- Chameleon, century New York and pre-WWII Switzerland help the stories etc.) comes as unfold. We learn that suffering refined the character of the old a stand-alone seamstress. Helen learns she’s not the center of the universe, and book or in a vol- life is more than fulfilling earthly desires. ume ­containing five stories.—S.O. Lost Dreams, BEEN THERE: LIFE LESSONS FROM edited by Dawn PARENTS OF ADDICTED CHILDREN Bell (DBell Editors of Next Chapter Press Publishing), is a In Been There, anonymous parents tell of their children’s addic- collection of short essays in tion struggles. Although each account has specific heartaches, which a variety of authors together they show remarkable similarities: patterns­ of lying tell their stories of loss. The and stealing, dashed hopes and setbacks, shame that keeps quality of writing varies many parents feeling isolated. This will be a useful book for from story to story, but the families grappling with addiction, but it could also be helpful book could be helpful for for the friends and extended family members of those who those dealing with loss.

SUSAN BURCHETTSUSAN suffer. —Seth Humeniuk

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BEN SHAPIRO Young conservatism’s firebrand WITTY, PROVOCATIVE PUNDIT BEN SHAPIRO IS THE BLUNT SPOKESMAN FOR A NEW GENERATION OF POLITICAL CONSERVATIVES by Sophia Lee

Ben Shapiro, 33, is an Orthodox What’s scarier: That these R Jew, a father, and a UCLA and ­protesters are protesting out of Harvard Law grad. Shapiro was a ignorance, or that they know fully Breitbart editor and is now editor in what you stand for and yet came chief of The Daily Wire, a website that out to protest anyway? Ignorance, includes his own podcast. Shapiro’s or insanity? It’s scarier to think they young conservative fans enjoy his did look at my stuff, because that ­skepticism toward the Republican Party would demonstrate they completely and Donald Trump (he was an early lost all sense of rationality. Never Trumper), his irreverent yet I’ve talked to some who intelligent tone, his references to both ­protested your speech at Berkeley pop culture and philosophical books, and said they did look you up. and his lawyerly, facts-only dissection Mostly, they disagreed with your of current issues. His enemies are so views on transgenderism—that it’s vociferous that the University of a mental illness. That’s not California, Berkeley, recently spent ­ignorance, that’s insanity. When I $600,000 “to put the campus on virtual say a man is a man and a woman is a lockdown” when he visited it to give a woman, that’s not being a hater, speech. Here are edited excerpts of our that’s stating reality. People who discussion over kosher omelets in Los believe that my perspective on Angeles. ­transgenderism is hateful or terrible Congrats. You are now the face of or destructive—that’s legit crazy. the debate over freedom of speech on You left college 13 years ago. college campuses. Yeah, which is weird. What’s changed? I saw protests I’ve spoken at hundreds of universities, while I was an undergrad at UCLA, but last year at California State but the idea of using violence to shut University, Los Angeles, was the first people down didn’t exist five years time we had to hire security at a college. ago. Threats that shut down college It was crazy—people beating each campuses have only arisen in the other. I was puzzled at first, wondering, last couple of years. “What did I do to merit this? What’s Why do you keep accepting going on?” Then I got angry. I don’t invites to speak at college think any of these protesters calling me ­campuses? It’s important to a Nazi or white supremacist had read ­demonstrate that we shouldn’t be or heard anything I’ve written or said. afraid to speak out. I can’t control

30 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 how people react to me. If they decide Christian New Testament as opposed reason to pursue the purpose that God to get violent, that’s their prerogative, to being fundamentally changed. But has ordained for you, under the rules and they should be dealt with my own view of Jesus, as is Judaism’s, He has established. Nineteenth-century ­accordingly. If you spend your life is that God does not take human form. European philosophers said we don’t ­worried about how people are going to My business partner is an evangelical need Christianity anymore, we’ll just react, you should just stay home. pastor, but it makes more sense to me use reason. That led to some awful Or find a safe space. I think safe that you take responsibility for your things, because reason leads you only to spaces are a terrible idea and make kids own sins, as opposed to Jesus dying where you want to go. Then something weaker and stupider and crazier. for your sins. In Judaism, you’re even more cataclysmic happened: You became a syndicated ­constantly atoning for your own sins. Reason ate itself. Secular humanism ­columnist at age 17. Have you always I’m works-based; Christianity is largely says human rationality can make been into politics? Yeah. I always loved grace-based. worthwhile rules, but God doesn’t exist U.S. history. I grew up on the movie What worries you most about the and we’re just balls of meat wandering 1776, so much that I dressed up as direction of this nation? The lack of around the universe for no reason. If John Adams every Halloween. I still unity. There’s a God-shaped hole in our that’s the case, there is no purpose to remember the lyrics to that entire hearts, and we’re all filled with anger reason, so why should we build a movie. My family would also talk about against each other. We’ve got no ­society according to it? We aimlessly current events a lot, and I always read a ­common vision on what this country is wander around according to our ton. Conservatism appealed to me ever here to do, or what human happiness ­passions, running off the fumes of since I was young because of the looks like. When Jefferson wrote Judeo-Christian principles. The tank is emphasis on personal responsibility, ­“pursuit of happiness,” he didn’t mean beginning to reach empty in America. also emphasized in Judaism. The Bible “whatever floats your boat,” as most In Europe, that tank has been empty is not exactly a lefty document. Any predictions for the next ­election? I gave up on predictions. I ‘I can’t control how people react to me. If you lost too much money on the last election when I bet that Trump would lose. spend your life worried about how people are Do you think that Trump has hurt going to react, you should just stay home.’ the young base of Republicans? It hurt the young base of potential Republican voters, who are now more likely to vote Democrat. For example, he makes it difficult for Republicans to reach young Hispanics when he says Mexican-Americans cannot be fair judges. You grew up in a religious Jewish family, but not all your siblings stayed religious. Why did you? I always liked Protesters march the religious lifestyle. I never found against a planned arguments against the existence of God speech by Shapiro compelling. I thought having standards at UC Berkeley. and rules was good for personal better- ment, getting married, and creating people now think. John Adams said the for a while, so Europe is collapsing good homes for raising children. The Constitution will not work unless you from within. Now, that’s happening in best proof to the truth of my faith is have moral and religious people. We’ve the United States. how its moral rules contributed to the lost that. We don’t have a common You have two children. What will building of mankind’s greatest civiliza- ­purpose anymore. you do? Send them to private schools, tion, Western civilization, which has How did we get here? It’s the end for sure, but they also at a young age the highest standard of living and has of 200 years of ripping away need to know the threats to their championed the value of women, ­Judeo-Christian religion—and then beliefs. Their beliefs need to be ­reason, freedom, and individual worth. secular humanism eating itself. ­reinforced and defended strongly. It’s a Christianity believes in similar Western civilization, based on faith and battle: Retrenchment may be successful moral rules. Why Judaism? I believe all reason, combines Judeo-Christian for your kids, because you put them in a the claims in the Old Testament (our ­religion and Aristotelian-Greek logic to bubble, but it’s not successful for your

SHAPIRO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAGES FOR POLITICON • BERKELEY: STEPHEN LAM/REUTERS/NEWSCOM Jewish Bible) are reiterated in the form the idea that you have to use your civilization. A

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DVD incarnation, will easily ignore or dismiss that period again because, for Dylan, meeting Jesus was nothing less than a Big Bang, unleashing an unprecedented flood of creativity and an unprecedented depth of commitment. Not only was he experimenting with a wide array of styles (including Polynesian pop and child-friendly reggae), but he was also abandoning his habit of singing from behind masks to sing straight from the heart. The 30 live songs on Discs 1 and 2 sample the ’79, ’80, and ’81 tours and contain performances of the ­rarities “Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One,” “Blessed Is the Name,” and “Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody.” The 18 live songs on Discs 5 and 6 ­sample three of Dylan’s shows at Toronto’s Massey Hall in April 1980 (minus the Hal Lindsey–inspired ­sermons with which he led into “Solid Rock”) and boast outstanding sound, as do the 23 performances on Discs 7 and A flood of creativity 8 from Dylan’s June 27, 1981, concert at TROUBLE NO MORE MAKES BOB DYLAN’S ‘GOSPEL London’s Earls Court. by Arsenio Orteza But it’s the 31 “Rare and Unreleased” PERIOD’ DIFFICULT TO DISMISS cuts on Discs 3 and 4 that make Trouble No More a crucial addition to Dylan’s To fathom the significance of every song from Slow Train Coming and body of work. R Columbia/Legacy’s latest Bob its as yet unrecorded follow-up Saved, There are soundcheck run-throughs Dylan box, Trouble No More: The plus a few other equally impassioned of “Slow Train” and “Do Right to Me Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981, one and equally Biblical numbers. Baby (Do Unto Others)” from the 1978 should remember the following: Some non-album cuts (“Jesus Is Street-Legal tour, the earliest musical In August 1979, Dylan—who’d been the One,” “Thief on the Cross,” the fruits of Dylan’s conversion, and raised Jewish and for 16 years had been 1980-tour holdover “City of Gold”) ­compelling alternate takes (“Trouble the symbol par excellence of rock ’n’ showed up in his summer 1981 shows in Mind,” “The Groom’s Still Waiting roll’s protean possibilities—released too, as did a number of his “greatest at the Altar”). There’s a CCM cover Slow Train Coming, an album bursting hits.” Passionately delivered, the latter (Dallas Holm’s “Rise Again”). There’s at its blues-rock seams with evangelical ­nevertheless seemed like concessions an anti-divorce country song (“Help Christian fervor. It caught everyone, to his core audience’s growing “gospel Me Understand”). There’s infectious even the musicians and the producers fatigue.” “I hope we played something praise (“I Will Love Him”). There’s the who helped him make it, off guard. that you came to hear,” Dylan quipped fully realized, never-rumored-to-exist Then, in November, he launched a near the end of one show. Indifference “Making a Liar Out of Me.” There’s six-month North American tour, and negative reviews greeted Shot of even a 1980 radio ad for an upcoming accompanied by a stellar band featuring­ Love, his final Christian recording. Dylan show in Portland, Ore., ­warning the drummer Jim Keltner, the guitarist Since then, most mainstream Dylan potential ticket buyers of what they’d Fred Tackett, the bassist Tim coverage has either ignored his “gospel be letting themselves in for. Drummond, and the organist Spooner period” or dismissed it as little more Slow Train Coming is now 38 years Oldham. Each show began with a than an emotional pit stop. But nobody old, Dylan’s age when he released it. It’s ­gospel segment by Dylan’s background who investigates Trouble No More, about time that the Oregonians of the singers then proceeded to include especially its “deluxe” eight-disc-plus world began catching up. A

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THE CHRISTMAS WISH Herb Alpert This 15-track holiday smorgasbord isn’t so much a Gjeilo ­throwback to the easy-listening Christmas collections of yore as it is an apotheosis of that now all-but-extinct ENCORE genre. As one would expect, trumpet gilds the melodies, Winter Songs (Decca), the but essentially Alpert and the co-billed symphony and new Christmas-album-­in-all- choir sparkle as one, creating a cockles-warming mood but-name by the composer that not even the perennially silly “Santa Baby” can Ola Gjeilo, layers seasonal deflate. Deflating the silliness is a quietly majestic texture upon seasonal arrangement of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” that ­texture until a lustrous brings the festivity to a close. whole—somewhere between classical and pop, JOE FEENEY SINGS FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE sacred and secular— Joe Feeney emerges. The carols include Other than the fact that this album has now turned 50, “The Holly & the Ivy,” “The it’s hard to imagine why the suits at RCA/Legacy have First Nowell,” “Away in a ­rereleased it. Are Lawrence Welk regulars suddenly all the Manger,” and “Silent Night,” rage? Will the Lennon Sisters be next? Whatever, hearing uniquely arranged for the Feeney sing anything for 34 minutes is wonderful, hearing luminous a cappella voices him sing to and about his Savior even more so. Although of the University of one detects operatic ability, Feeney kept his golden tenor London’s Choir of Royal within the limits of common-man taste. It was a rare gift. Holloway. The original And now it keeps on giving. instrumentals “Home,” “First Snow,” and “Dawn” ABIDE WITH ME Sara Groves (featuring Gjeilo on piano accompanied Groves has a gently expressive voice that’s perfect for by the string understating eternal truths. On this collection of hymns orchestra 12 (including a new recording of Groves’ “Great Is Thy Ensemble) Faithfulness”–based “He’s Always Been Faithful”), her form lovely singing is matched by accompanists of equally gentle segues. expressiveness. The arrangements, while inventive in Were there their way, leave the well-known melodies more or less nothing more untouched—more untouched in the cases of “Fairest than carols Lord Jesus” and “Praise to the Lord,” less in the case of and instrumentals, Winter “Lead On, O King Eternal,” which benefits from the Songs would be pleasant but inventiveness. ­predictable. That it also contains settings of poems WARMER IN THE WINTER Lindsey Stirling by Christina Rosetti and Whether she’s humble or simply a millennial with Emily Brontë makes it ­wide-open ears, Stirling continues to imbed her piercingly ­considerably more. The sweet violin in the electronic flourishes of contemporary texts aren’t particularly pop and the occasional spotlight-deflecting guest vocalist. Christmasy (unless Brontë’s When the material is familiar enough to require some- reference to “seek[ing] the thing fresh (“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”), the consecrated spot / Beloved ­flourishes make sense, as do the guest vocals on material in childhood’s years” counts), that would seem silly without words (“You’re a Mean but they supply an emotional One, Mr. Grinch”). Still, it would be nice to encounter this counterpoint entirely con- one-woman Contemporary Mormon Music ambassador sonant with the hopes and

HANDOUT gimmick-free. fears of all the years. —A.O.

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36 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 A FLOOD OF HARASSMENT CASES REMINDS US THAT SEX IS SACRED AND TRANSGRESSION IS COSTLY. YET EVEN IN A FALLEN WORLD, FAITHFUL MEN AND WOMEN CAN TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH HONOR A GREAT SEXUAL RECKONING BY MINDY BELZ ILLUSTRATION BY KRIEG BARRIE

pparently sex isn’t for kicks D-Minn., agreed to resign his seat under pressure, ­anymore. From the halls of East while three Republican members of the House and Coast academic institutions to longtime Democratic lawmaker John Conyers the malls of mid-America and the resigned over allegations, depriving constituents­ of West Coast backlots, for decades representation. now sex for sport has been Reports of misconduct in state legislatures also taught, modeled, and marketed. sprang up. In Kentucky, state House Speaker Jeff Serial sex partners; sex outside of Hoover stepped down over a sexual harassment marriage; sex as an initiation rite onscreen, on ­settlement with a female member of his staff. In ­campus, and to get ahead seemed a norm we could Massachusetts, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg Alive with. The sexually pure became oddballs and took a leave of absence after four men accused his ­losers. When comedian Louis C.K.’s show Louie same-sex spouse, Bryon Hefner, of groping or kissing ­featured the character Ellen Farber, a Christian them while bragging of his access to power. In Ohio, ­virgin, it was all for laughs. And audiences did. freshman lawmaker Wes Goodman, cheered as a Then the tables turned abruptly this year, and sex ­millennial face for family-values voters, resigned became sobering front-page business as accounts of after acknowledging inappropriate behavior, office intimidation, sexual assignations, sodomy, and ­allegedly soliciting sex from men. In both California even rape felled in swift succession titans of and Illinois, hundreds of women signed complaints ­entertainment, politics, journalism, and business. detailing legislative cultures where inappropriate By one count accusations of sexual misconduct hit behavior was commonplace. 36 men in high-powered positions during the six Taxpayers paid directly too. The congressional weeks following the October downfall of Hollywood Office of Compliance paid $84,000 to settle one producer Harvey Weinstein. Like Weinstein, many of ­sexual harassment complaint against Rep. Blake them took swift leaves of absence or faced suspension­ Farenthold, R-Texas. or outright firing. In Los Angeles, New York, Outside Washington, the sudden disgrace of Scotland Yard, and elsewhere, authorities launched Weinstein, House of Cards star Kevin Spacey, and criminal investigations into the most ­egregious cases. comedian Louis C.K. has put hundreds of people out Sexual harassment or assault claims extend of work in the entertainment industry. Today show beyond elite circles. Within 24 hours of a #metoo host Matt Lauer’s abrupt exit from NBC jeopardized post by a young mom on Twitter, 53,000 people made the network’s $500 million in revenue generated Facebook and Twitter entries under that hashtag from the program. ­noting their own experiences of harassment or Christians are far from insulated in paying a price. worse. Hiding behind the glamour of sexual freedom, Roy Moore’s candidacy, despite his reputed pattern it appears, lurks a pathological bent toward using it of misconduct, divided church leaders. The Goodman to intimidate—often with steady blows to the case reportedly was known by Christian leaders even ­conscience, sometimes with outright violence. as faith-based fundraising continued on his behalf. Also quickly apparent: Sexual misconduct behind The onslaught comes at a strange moment. Under closed doors has a steep public price. Sen. Al Franken, former President Barack Obama, American women

December 30, 2017 • WORLD Magazine 37 LOUIS C.K.: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP • LAUER: NOAM GALAI/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES • CONYERS: TOM WILLIAMS/CQ ROLL CALL/AP HOOVER: TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/AP • ROSENBERG: ELISE AMENDOLA/AP unfaithful, But women should not be let off. The ­ should not be let off. women But in who live number of women the large For are made that women are we in the way It’s Go ahead, be a romantic, God seems to say, but seems to say, God Go ahead, be a romantic, the men remain failure, When there’s reported facing sexual harassment of any type. of any harassment facing sexual reported Scriptural deceiving female is also a prominent honey,” drip “The lips of a forbidden woman type. “but in the end she is the writer of Proverbs, says sharp as a two-edged sword. bitter as wormwood, When God uses Hosea to death.” feet go down Her he tells the unfaithfulness, to highlight Israel’s a wife of whoredom,” to yourself to “take prophet and depicts the sinning nation as a promiscuous Babylon Depraved mother. wife and an indifferent a prostitute is a “she,” in the book of Revelation himself. earthly kings and the devil supported by use some harassment, sexual fear of reporting or to entrap themselves accusations to absolve men. prominent and the line persuasive, yielding and men are But can blur. persuasion and coercion between church, a part of workplace, more making women only to set and charity organization—not area policies but in every relations ­male-female to for women a way their talents apply—is where too. their responsibility, own uses bride and bridegroom imagery. The whole of imagery. and bridegroom uses bride Jerusalem, ends with a New canon the Christian Lamb,” the wife of the as “the Bride, people God’s argue and one could graphic consummated—in a light and riches of the imagery—by sexual even Lamb. glorified bridegroom so It’s true. Stay one spouse. only after your lust Old and New nearly all who people reply hard, brokers. the power especially stories, Testament message is that God overwhelming the Yet men and women where and that’s true, remains and go for mercy. strength find their accounts in Biblical scoundrels ­overwhelming Quinnipiac A nationwide and news stories. in late poll of American voters University said they of women found 60 percent November of two-thirds harassment, sexual had experienced of men while 20 percent it in the workplace,

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Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history, hammers the Caribbean in September as it approaches Florida.

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AIRPORT ATTACK JAN. 6 Chaos erupted at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida when a man with a gun commenced one of the year’s first mass shootings, randomly firing at bystanders in the baggage claim area. Panicked ­passengers hid behind pillars or ran onto the tarmac, with the shooter killing five people and wounding six others before police apprehended him. Police identified the ­suspect as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, an Iraq War ­veteran who had weeks earlier spent time at a psychiatric hospital and complained the government was controlling his mind. His trial is ongoing.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS JAN. 9 The Clemson Tigers upset the Alabama Crimson Tide 35-31 to win the team’s first NCAA football champion- ship since 1981. Clemson had trailed by 10 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter but then scored three ­touchdowns, capped by a game-winning TD pass from Deshaun Watson to Hunter Renfrow (above). Watson passed for 420 yards in the game. Alabama had defeated Clemson in the 2016 national championship and was ­seeking to win an unprecedented five titles in eight years.

ALL-INCLUSIVE SCOUTING JAN. 30 The Boy Scouts of America announced it would allow girls who identify as boys to participate in its boys-only programs,­ regardless of the sex listed on a child’s birth certificate. The first openly transgender ­member of the Boy Scouts, 8-year-old Joe Maldonado (right), was born a girl and for- merly went by the name Jodi. “I am accepted,” Maldonado said while putting on a Boy Scout uniform for the first time following the policy change. Later in the year, in October, BSA voted to allow nontransgender girls to join its ranks as well, ending a longtime ­boys-only policy at the century-old organization.

42 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 AIRPORT: JULIE BROWN/AP • CLEMSON: CAL SPORT MEDIA VIA AP • SCOUT: AMY NEWMAN/ THE RECORD VIA AP • MOSUL: KHALID MOHAMMED/AP OUSTING ISIS JAN. 24 Iraqi troops wrested full control of eastern Mosul from the Islamic State, or ISIS, after ­conducting a three-month-long offensive against the city. Iraqi ­soldiers held an upside-down ISIS flag as they celebrated with ­surviving residents of liberated neighborhoods. It would be six more months before Iraqi forces drove ISIS from the western half of Mosul, held by the Islamic ­terrorist group since June 2014. INAUGURATION JAN. 20 With his wife and children by his side, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Trump, a billion- aire businessman­ with a real estate empire, became president after winning an upset election over ­former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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TRAVEL BAN FEB. 3 A federal judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration’s temporary ban on ­travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations— a ban that sparked protests­ across the United States and around the world after officials­ began detaining foreign travelers at U.S. airports. Trump’s “travel ban,” an executive order first signed on Jan. 27, faced multiple court chal- lenges and was revised several times throughout the year. Opponents argued the ban was an unconstitutional attempt to bar Muslims from the United States, but advocates said the presi- dent was acting within his authority to prevent immigration from known terrorist hotspots. 2017 NEWS OF THE YEAR

TIEBREAKER FEB. 7 The Senate ­confirmed Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, by the slimmest of margins. Vice President Mike Pence arrived at the Senate (right) to cast a tiebreaking vote—the first time in U.S. history a vice president had to be summoned to do so for a Cabinet nomination. While Republican sup- porters praised DeVos as an outsider and a strong supporter of school choice programs such as vouchers and charters, Democrats criticized her as too inexperienced to lead the Education Department.

SUPER BOWL HISTORY FEB. 5 Tom Brady (below) led the New England Patriots in overcoming a 25-point deficit to win the Super Bowl over the Atlanta Falcons 34-28. The Falcons held a 28-3 lead in the third quarter before the Patriots began a scoring frenzy that forced the game into overtime—the first ever in a Super Bowl. Brady became the first quarterback in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles.

CLEARING OUT CAMP FEB. 22 Police began forcing protesters from a camp in North Dakota where, since August 2016, the protesters had tried to thwart construction of the 1,170-mile Dakota Access pipeline. Native Americans complained that the pipeline, built by Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners and intended to carry oil between North Dakota and Illinois, passed within a half mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and endangered tribal water supplies. The Obama administration had delayed the pipeline’s construction, but President Trump on his second day in office signed a memorandum approving the project. The pipeline began service June 1.

TRAVEL BAN: EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP • PENCE: J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE • PIPELINE: TOM STROMME/ December 30, 2017 • WORLD Magazine 47 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE VIA AP • BRADY: DARRON CUMMINGS/AP PERU: MARTIN MEJIA/AP • TORNADO: CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP - - - tornadoes ­ In a show In a show ) has been right July, North Korea Korea North July, conducted its first of an inter test continental ballistic that a rocket ­missile, into miles flew 1,700 space and landed in the Sea of Japan. provoked The tests international ­outrage, and Trump President Kim as ­disparaged Man,” “Little Rocket and of “fire warning fury” North against if it endangered Korea American lives. MARCH 6 MARCH North of force, launched four Korea missilesballistic simultaneously— separate one of 16 themissile tests conductedregime January between and November. Korean North Un leader Kim Jong ( his mil eager to flex itary muscle on the and this stage, world year’s missile tests a progres involved and sion of powerful ­high-flyingdevices: of On the Fourth March brought hail and brought March late-winter storms across the across storms late-winter March 6 and 7. Hundreds of homes Hundreds 7. 6 and March and about damaged or destroyed, were mostly dozen people suffered two in Minnesota Twisters minor injuries. to hit the on record the earliest were and torna storms prior, A week state. had the Midwest through does moving and trees, uprooted homes, battered left four people dead. MIDWEST TWISTERS 7 MARCH ­ severe than 30 ­ More Midwest: U.S. Missouri, in Kansas, reported were Minnesota, and Illinois over Iowa, December 30, 2017 • Three days of torrential rain brought massive flooding to the coastal region of Peru, region of to the coastal flooding massive brought rain of torrential days Three for the South American nation’s rainy season. The flooding left dozens of people dead and season. The flooding left dozens rainy for the South American nation’s waded fleeing the destruction Residents homes. than 100,000 more away damaged or swept using a zip line. the torrents to crossing and clung to ropes—or resorted muddy water through MARCH 17 MARCH Localized El Niño and triggering mudslides. tracks and train roads, out bridges, washing rainfallreceiving 10 times the usual amount of Peru resulted in Ocean ­conditions in the Pacific DELUGE IN PERU WORLD Magazine 48 2017 NEWS THEOF YEAR KIM: KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY VIA AP • LONDON: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA VIA AP December 30, 2017 30, December the West. was waging jihadagainst Masood reportedly saidhe earlier text message, and injured about50. Inan rampage killedfive people him dead.Inall,Masood’s before asecurityguard shot officer outside Parliament stabbed andkilledapolice named KhalidMasood, 52-year-old Muslim convert knives. Theattacker, a on foot,armedwithtwo Westminster Palace grounds then stormed the Westminster Bridgeand an SUV intopedestrians on ­lockdown afteramandrove ­Parliament went into MARCH 22 TERROR LONDON British British • WORLD Magazine WORLD 49 2017 NEWS OF THE YEAR

PALM SUNDAY ATTACKS APRIL 9 Terrorists armed with explosives bombed two Coptic churches in Egypt while worshippers were gathered for Palm Sunday services. The suicide bombers killed 45 persons and injured more than 100 at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria and St. George Church in Tanta (above), where blood stained church pillars and pews. At St. Mark’s, Pope Tawadros II had led the congregation in Mass just prior to the bombing, but was not himself injured. The attacks, claimed by the Islamic State, marked an ongoing trend of violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt: In May, gunmen shot dead 28 Coptic pilgrims traveling in Minya province.

SCHOOL SHOOTING APRIL 10 North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., became the tragic scene of a murder-suicide when a female teacher’s estranged husband opened fire in her ­classroom with a handgun. The man, Cedric Anderson, ­targeted and killed his wife, teacher Karen Smith, before turning the gun on himself. Two students were also struck by the bullets: One, 8-year-old Jonathan Martinez, died.

EGYPT: NARIMAN EL-MOFTY/AP 50 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 SHOOTING: JAE C. HONG/AP GORSUCH: PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP JUSTICE SEATED APRIL 7 The Senate confirmed in a 54-45 vote President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch. Sworn in three days later, Gorsuch filled a seat left open for 14 months after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016. To seat Gorsuch, Senate Republicans circumvented a Democratic filibuster by exercising the chamber’s so-called “nuclear option,” lowering the con- firmation threshold to a simple majority vote. 2017 NEWS OF THE YEAR

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MAY 23 A group of Sikhs (right) were among those who gathered at a vigil in Manchester, England, a day after a suicide bombing at an evening pop concert there. Fourteen thousand fans, many of them teenage girls, had gath- ered at a stadium­ to hear American singer Ariana Grande when a blast erupted in the foyer, killing 22 concertgo- ers and injuring hundreds of others. The attacker, identified as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, was the British-born son of Libyan parents. Abedi had returned to Libya with his father and two brothers in 2011 BATTLE FOR MARAWI to support the uprising there MAY 30 Government troops in the Philippines (above) fought to regain control against leader Muammar of the southern city of Marawi a week after first confronting the ISIS-affiliated Qaddafi. Abedi later came in rebel Maute group entrenched there. Though tens of thousands of residents contact with members of an fled the city, the rebels took hundreds of hostages and executed at least 25 Islamic State cell in Libya, who Christians. It would be five more months of fighting before Philippine may have inspired him to carry President Rodrigo Duterte declared the city free of terrorist control. out the concert attack.

CIRCUS ENDS WIGGLESWORTH/AP KIRSTY • MANCHESTER: JACOBSON/AP JULIE • CIRCUS: MARQUEZ/AP BULLIT MARAWI: MAY 21 A 146-year run of ­spectacular stunts from clowns, acrobats, daredevils, lions, and elephants came to a close with a final show from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The last ­performance of “The Greatest Show on Earth” took place at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. The circus’ red unit (left) gave its final show in Providence, R.I., on May 7. The circus had faced years of declin- ing ticket sales and criticism from animal-rights activists who complained about the use of ani- mals in the show. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey stopped using elephants in its shows in 2016, but was unable to draw big enough crowds to recoup its high operating costs.

52 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 MACRON: CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP • COMEY: ALEX BRANDON/AP the country’s youngestthe president. ­represented by LePen’s party. At age 39, Macron became the anti-immigration, anti–European Union sentiment ­turnout, Macron’s victorywas interpreted asarejection of withLePen’svote,compared 34percent. Despitelow voter Marine Le Pen by awidemargin, taking66percent ofthe won apresidential runoffagainst National Front candidate MAY 7 ELECTED MACRON French centrist candidate EmmanuelMacron ( above ) federal prosecutor, toleadthebureau. officials. TrumplaterappointedChristopher Wray, aformer probe intohis2016 campaign’s relationship withRussian accused thepresident ofattemptingtoshort-circuit anFBI Hillary Clinton’s private emailserver. But Democrats tration citedComey’s handlingoftheinvestigation into tively leadthe bureau.” Inmakingthedecision,adminis FBI, James Comey( MAY 9 OUT COMEY JAMES President Trump abruptlyfired thedirector ofthe below ), saying hewas “notabletoeffec December 30, 2017 30, December • WORLD Magazine WORLD - - 53 TRAGEDY AT SEA JUNE 17 Seven sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald (pictured) died when the destroyer collided with a container ship near Japan. A Navy investigation later blamed the incident—along with an August collision of the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore that killed 10 sailors—on crew error. 2017 NEWS OF THE YEAR

HANDEL WINS JUNE 20 Republican Karen Handel won a special election for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, fending off a fierce effort by Democrats to win the seat. The race between Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff was the most well-funded House race (roughly $55 million spent) in U.S. history. The seat had opened up after President Trump appointed Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

MASSACRE AVERTED JUNE 14 House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was among four wounded when a gunman opened fire on a House Republican charity baseball team as players practiced in Alexandria, Va., in the early morning. Police killed the shooter, James Hodgkinson, 66, in a shootout following the attack. Hodgkinson had been a volunteer for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during the 2016 ­campaign and according to a witness had asked before the shooting whether the team practicing was the Republican team or the Democratic team. He fired 60 shots at the Republican players. Scalise was taken to a hospital in critical condition and, after a long recovery, returned to work on Sept. 28.

A WIN FOR LIBERTY JUNE 5 In a unanimous ruling hailed as a victory for religious ­liberty, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of three Christian hospitals facing a legal dispute over pension plans. Employees of the hospitals had claimed the institu- tions violated federal law by not fully funding their pensions. But the hospitals argued the law granted them, along with churches and other faith-based organizations, an exemption from the pension rules. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan wrote a majority opinion upholding the exemption. Religious liberty advo- cates said the decision would STANLEY CUP REPEAT enable faith-based institutions to JUNE 11 The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators 2-0 in continue their mission of serving Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals to win the team’s second straight NHL title the community without having to and fifth since 1991. The Penguins scored twice in the final 95 seconds of pay for expensive for-profit Game 6 to clinch the championship. ­pension plans.

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RUSSIAN CONNECTION JULY 10 Donald Trump Jr. (below) became the public face of accusations that the Trump campaign “colluded” with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign, as news reports linked the president’s son to a meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya in June 2016. Trump Jr. reportedly received an email informing him ahead of the meeting that Veselnitskaya and the Russian government had negative information about Democratic presidential candi- date Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, also attended the meeting.

WARRIORS WIN JUNE 12 The Golden State Warriors won their second NBA title in three years with a 129-120 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA champi- onship series. Cleveland’s LeBron James led all scorers in Game 5 with 41 points, but the Cavaliers couldn’t overcome Kevin Durant’s 39 points and series MVP Steph Curry’s 34 points and 10 assists for the Warriors. WARRIORS: MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP • TRUMP: RICHARD DREW/AP • FIRE: GURBUZ BINICI/GETTY IMAGES BINICI/GETTY GURBUZ • FIRE: DREW/AP RICHARD • TRUMP: SANCHEZ/AP JOSE MARCIO WARRIORS: TOWER FIRE JUNE 14 A faulty freezer sparked a fire that quickly turned the 24-story Grenfell Tower in West London into an inferno, trapping dozens of apartment residents inside and killing 71. The disaster prompted an investigation into the building’s aluminum cladding, which authorities blamed for the fire’s rapid spread.

56 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 CHARLIE DIES JULY 28 Eleven-month- old Charlie Gard died in England after his par- ents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard (pictured), gave up a court battle to prevent doctors from removing the baby’s life support. Charlie had a rare genetic condition that prevented him from moving or breathing on his own, and although his parents wished to pursue an experimental treat- ment, British and European courts ruled the baby should be left to die. By the time a British court reconsidered the parents’ appeal, it was too late for the treatment.

VENEZUELA BURNS REPEAL FAILS JULY 30 Venezuelans voted JULY 28 A seven-year effort to for members of a powerful repeal Obamacare ended in failure new “Constituent Assembly,” as three Republican senators broke a government body stocked away from their party and joined with politicians allied with every Senate Democrat to stop a bill socialist President Nicolás that would have overturned parts of Maduro, in an election the the Affordable Care Act. The vote United States and other was 49-51, with GOP Sens. Susan nations condemned as Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski rigged. The Constituent of Alaska, and John McCain of Assembly soon granted Arizona voting no. McCain said the itself lawmaking powers, bill didn’t go far enough in replac- effectively neutering the ing Obamacare with something opposition-controlled ­better. The issue remained on hold ­legislature. Under Maduro’s until December, when the Senate rule, Venezuela has been passed a tax reform bill that crippled by violence, social included a repeal of the individual unrest, and widespread mandate to purchase health shortages of food and ­insurance, a centerpiece of the

GARD: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES • VENEZUELA: ARIANA CUBILLOS/AP ARIANA VENEZUELA: • IMAGES AKMEN/AFP/GETTY TOLGA GARD: ­medical supplies. Affordable Care Act.

December 30, 2017 • WORLD Magazine 57 SOLAR ECLIPSE AUG. 21 Americans donned special glasses to witness the first total solar eclipse in the 48 contiguous states since 1979. The path of the total eclipse ran from Oregon southeast across the country to South Carolina.

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ANTIFA VIOLENCE AUG. 27 Antifa rioters, reportedly chanting “No Trump, no wall, no USA at all,” attacked a peaceful protest of about 2,000 in Berkeley, Calif., targeting leaders of the conservative groups that organized the rally. The rioters injured six people, and Berkeley police arrested 13 rioters on charges that included assault with a deadly weapon and felony assault. The riot prompted many national Democrats to denounce antifa violence for the first time. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement: “The violent actions of people calling themselves antifa in Berkeley this weekend deserve unequivocal condemnation, and the ­perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted.”

NUCLEAR THREAT AUG. 29 In its 14th missile test of the year, North Korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over the nation of Japan, prompting officials there to warn residents to take cover. Although the missile landed in the ocean, its launch was interpreted as a threat: It was the first time North Korea had fired a rocket above Japan in eight years. Despite protests and sanctions from Japan, the United States, and the United Nations, North Korea continued to scale up its firepower. On Sept. 3 it conducted a massive underground test of a large nuclear warhead. On Nov. 29, it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts called the regime’s largest so far, seemingly capable of reaching anywhere on the U.S. mainland.

60 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 CHARLOTTESVILLE: STEVE HELBER/AP • ANTIFA: AMY OSBORNE/ AFP/GETTY IMAGES • MISSILE: KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP CHARLOTTESVILLE AUG. 12 White supremacists and neo-Nazis marching against the removal of a Confederate statue at a park clashed with antifa counter- protesters at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. A white supremacist killed one woman and injured 19 people when he drove his car into a crowd. HURRICANE HARVEY AUG. 25 Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas for the first time as a Category 4 storm, bringing more than 2 feet of rain in its first 24 hours. The storm made landfall three different times, and by Sept. 1 about one-third of Houston was underwater. Harvey would go on to take at least 82 lives and cause an estimated $180 billion in damage.

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IRMA AND MARIA SEPT. 10 A brutal hurricane season carried on with Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys (pictured) as a Category 4 storm after churning through the Caribbean, where it killed at least 38 people. In Florida, Irma packed 130 mph winds, knocked out power to 7.2 million homes and businesses, and was blamed for at least 72 deaths. Ten days later Hurricane Maria, also a Category 4, hit Puerto Rico, where it killed at least 62 and bat- tered the island’s electric grid, knocking out power for months. 2017 NEWS OF THE YEAR

ANTHEM PROTEST SEPT. 24 During a Sept. 22 speech, President Donald Trump lashed out at an NFL player who had kneeled ­during the National Anthem, prompting players from 28 NFL teams to kneel or other- wise protest during the ­playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” before games on Sept. 24. Such protests con- tinued for weeks, and a fan backlash against the protests may have played a part in declining TV ratings for NFL games. Average game viewer- ship fell to 15 million this ­season from 16.5 million last year, and the website Outkick the Coverage estimated the ratings slide would cost ­networks carrying NFL games $500 million by the end of the season.

MEXICO EARTHQUAKES SEPT. 7 The strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck just off the nation’s Pacific coast a few minutes before midnight, killing 98 people. In the city of Juchitán de Zaragoza in Oaxaca state (below), the 8.2 magnitude quake destroyed homes, damaged a hospital, and partially collapsed a municipal building where, the following day, soldiers combed through rubble. Just 12 days later, on Sept. 19, a second major earthquake struck the nation: Though a less powerful 7.1 magnitude event, it was ultimately more deadly, killing at least 369 people, mostly in the capital of Mexico City. It struck on the anniversary of Mexico’s 1985 earth- quake that killed 9,500. RIGHT TO DRIVE SEPT. 26 Saudi Arabia announced it would permit women to drive begin- ning in June 2018, a major policy reversal for the repressive Islamic nation. The change came as govern- ing King Salman and son Prince Mohammed bin Salman led social reforms, legalizing movie theaters and allowing girls in public schools to play sports, to the chagrin of hardline Muslim clerics. Saudi women were only in 2015 allowed to vote for the first time. Obtainingdriver’s ­ licenses will be another step forward—but Saudi women still may not marry, obtain a passport, or conduct certain business without permission from a male guardian.

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RAGING WILDFIRES

OCT. 9 Dry weather and fierce, 50 mph winds in Northern California’s wine country combined to fuel the rapid spread of what became the costliest and deadliest series of wildfires in the state’s history. The fast-moving fires leveled entire neighborhood blocks in Santa Rosa, where some residents escaped with only minutes to spare. Others didn’t make it out in time. Forty-three people died in the region’s fires, and over 8,000 homes and businesses were destroyed. Later, in December, high winds drove the spread of additional wildfires near Los Angeles that burned more than 1,000 structures and threatened lives.

HALLOWEEN TERROR OCT. 31 With Halloween this year— also the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation—came a stark reminder that the days are evil: A man with a rented Home Depot truck drove onto a bike path in lower Manhattan, mowing down bikers and pedestrians, killing eight and injuring 12. The suspect, 29-year-old Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov, had written Arabic notes pledging allegiance to ISIS, investigators said. Saipov was shot by police but survived the attack and is facing trial.

INDEPENDENCE BID OCT. 27 Crowds in Barcelona cheered after separatist lawmakers there voted to declare the autonomous region of Catalonia free and independent of Spain, a bold move following Catalonia’s unauthorized Oct. 1 independence referendum. Celebration was short-lived, though: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy immediately moved to dissolve the Catalan Parliament and replace the regional government. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium, while the region’s separatist lawmakers were arrested on charges of rebellion and sedition. Catalonia’s push for independence has been propelled by the region’s distinct ­language and culture, in addition to economic grievances.

68 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 CALIFORNIA: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES • SPAIN: EMILIO MORENATTI/AP NEW YORK: BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP • TRUMP: ANDREW HARNIK/AP GROWING AND DECLINING OCT. 6 The Trump administration unveiled broad new exemptions for the federal government’s contra­ceptive and abortifacient mandate, rolling back controver- sial Obama-era rules. The White House accomplished other major conservative goals this year, such as a dramatic rollback of economic regulations that spurred business investment and led to improving GDP growth rates of above 3 ­percent in the second and third quarters of 2017. The strong eco- nomic record didn’t translate into popularity for a president known for tweeting his mind, though. According to Pew Research, his approval rating had fallen to 32 ­percent by mid-December. ASTROS: MATT SLOCUM/AP • CHURCH: JAY JANNER/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP • MOORE: BRYNN ANDERSON/AP -

Post investiga ) of Alabama pursued Washington Post Washington below A said Republican Senate candidate Roy Senate candidate Roy said Republican ( Moore during the 1970s them romantically teenagers and ’80s when they were women Two in his 30s. and he was abused them sexually claimed Moore The teens. when they were of sexual part of a wave was report and assault accusations harassment famous and powerful against leveled and November, men in October, including Hollywood December, actors Weinstein, mogul Harvey Spacey, Kevin and Hoffman Dustin and Matt Charlie Rose and journalists their jobs at CBS and who lost Lauer, John Rep. U.S. respectively. NBC, D-Mich., from Conyers, resigned amid accusations of sexual Congress Sen. Al Franken, misconduct, and U.S. D-Minn., resign announced he would accused him of women after several them. groping HARRASSMENT WAVE HARRASSMENT 9 NOV. who multiple women tion revealed December 30, 2017 • Devin Patrick Kelley, dressed in black tactical gear, opened fire at First opened fire in black tactical gear, dressed Kelley, Patrick Devin The Houston Astros won won Astros The Houston what you don’t understand,” said First Baptist Pastor Frank Pomeroy, whose Pomeroy, Frank Pastor Baptist said First understand,” don’t what you lean into the Lord, “You among the victims. was 14, Annabelle Pomeroy, daughter, submit that to everyone.” just and I would Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26 persons, including an killing 26 persons, Texas, Springs, in Sutherland Church Baptist of and a resident a former NRA instructor Willeford, unborn child. Stephen crashed and helped chase him, after which Kelley shot Kelley Springs, Sutherland lean into “You to police. wound, according a self-inflicted his car and died from SUTHERLAND SPRINGS TRAUMA 5 NOV. games. His overall five home five His overall games. Series runs also tied a World record. George Springer, who became Springer, George to hit home runs player the first Series World in four consecutive by beating the Los Angeles beating the Los by The in Game 7. Dodgers 5-1 the back-and-forth won Astros behind MVP rallying series by NOV. 1 NOV. inWorld Series title their first history 56-year the franchise’s ASTROS WIN WORLD Magazine 70 2017 NEWS THEOF YEAR NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE: DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES • PROTEST: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Muslim countriessuchasTurkey, Lebanon,andIndonesiaprotested theannouncement. Embassy there from Tel Aviv. Besidesthe violentclashesbetween Israelis andPalestinians, large groups ofdemonstrators in from President Trump two days earlierthattheUnited States would recognize Jerusalem asIsrael’s capitalandmove theU.S. DEC. 8 CAPITAL AS JERUSALEM December. November andearly the stock markets’ risein tax reform bill helped power Congress would passamajor year. Expectations that 2,300 atthebeginningof same day androse from below index hitarecord 2,659 the the year at19,881. TheS&P500 record 24,386. TheDow began Average endedtheday ata the Dow Jones Industrial 11 slowed themomentum,as ist attackinNew York onDec. Not even anattemptedterror records astheyear progressed. throughout 2017, setting DEC. 11 ALL-TIME HIGH Palestinians intheWest Bank clashedwith Israeli soldiersnearacheckpointin Ramallah,protesting anannouncement Stock markets soared - 2017 NEWS OF THE YEAR OF THE NEWS 2017 December 30, 2017 30, December • WORLD Magazine WORLD 71 Mary Tyler Moore

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DeathsCompiled by Edward E. Plowman ROGER AILES LILIANE BETTENCOURT Baylor 77 / May 18 / Former cable 94 / Sept. 20 / French heir- news executive and aide to ess to the L’Oreal cosmetics President Richard Nixon, empire and the wealthiest he founded Fox News in woman in the world. Her 1996, led it to ratings suc- fortune was reportedly cess (surpassing CNN), and $42.5 billion. saw it become a major influence in American con- WILLIAM PETER BLATTY servatism. Thrice married, 89 / Jan. 12 / Catholic nov- he resigned in 2016 amid a elist and filmmaker ofThe sex abuse scandal and died Exorcist. The 1971 book following an injurious fall. spent more than a year on The New York Times fic- TONY ALAMO tion bestseller list, with 82 / May 2 / Hollywood sales exceeding 10 million clothing designer and street copies. The film released preacher who worked two years later, starring among hippies and trou- Linda Blair, and topped bled young people in the $400 million worldwide. 1960s. Amid tax disputes, 1980 national presidential DON BAYLOR polygamy, pornography, election, he ran as a third- 68 / Aug. 7 / Baseball’s 1979 NICOLAAS BLOEMBERGEN and sex with minors across party independent. American League MVP 97 / Sept. 5 / Dutch-born state lines, he served two with the Angels, played in American physicist who stints in federal prison, RICHARD ANDERSON three World Series, and shared a Nobel Prize for where he died. 91 / Aug. 31 / Co-star voted Manager of the Year his work on how intense simultaneously of The Six as the first manager of the laser light beams affect GREGG ALLMAN Million Dollar Man and Rockies in the team’s matter they pass through. 69 / May 27 / Organ player The Bionic Woman TV ­inaugural 1993 season. and vocalist for the Allman series in the 1970s. Brothers Band, PETER BERGER which fused JACK BANNON 88 / June 27 / Influential rock, blues, 77 / Oct. 25 / Actor who sociologist of reli- country, played the assistant city gion, longtime Berry and jazz editor Art Donovan on Boston University into a Lou Grant (1977-1982). professor, and string of Lutheran whose hits in the CHUCK BARRIS views of life, 1970s such as 87 / March 21 / Creator faith, and soci- “Ramblin’ Man” and and host of TV game ety shifted left “Midnight Rider.” shows, best known for The to right in later Gong Show, The Newlywed years, a JOHN B. ANDERSON Game, and The Dating response to the 95 / Dec. 3 / Lawyer and Game. “God is dead” 10-term Republican mem- movement of the ber of Congress MAHMOUD CHERIF 1950s and ’60s. (1961-1979) BASSIOUNI from 79 / Sept. 25 / Egyptian- CHUCK BERRY Illinois American law professor 90 / March 18 / who at DePaul University Considered a founding started and UN adviser father of rock ’n’ roll. His out as a whose in-depth inves- classic hits included resolute tigations of human “Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet conservative rights abuses helped to Little Sixteen,” and “Roll but gradually shifted left establish the UN’s Over Beethoven,” but his into the liberal “Rockefeller International Criminal career ended on sour notes Republicans” camp. In the Court in 2002. of crime and jail terms.

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ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI Bond 89 / May 26 / Polish-born intellectual and author who served as national security adviser to Jimmy Carter and helped Carter reach an agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to secure the Camp David peace accords.

FRANK BROYLES 92 / Aug. 14 / Football coach (1958-1976) and athletic director (1976- 2007) who put the University of Arkansas on the football map. His ten- MICHAEL BOND ure included 91 / June 27 / British an unde- author of the Paddington feated Bear children’s books, season beginning with the first and a one in 1958, and fol- national Campbell lowed by 20 more, a TV champi- series, and a movie. onship in 1964. Active in teams and threw a perfect GLEN CAMPBELL

POWERS BOOTHE the Fellowship of Christian game for the Phillies in 81 / Aug. 8 / Country-pop IMAGES ARCHIVE/GETTY COLLECTION/HULTON SCREEN SILVER • CAMPBELL: IMAGES/AP DIAMOND BUNNING:

68 / May 14 / Actor who Athletes, he served as its 1964. He went on to singer remembered for hits THORNELL/AP JACK • BROYLES: WILLIAMSON/INVISION/AP TODD • BOOTHE: AP VIA FEATURES REX BOND: won an Emmy Award for chairman from 1971 to 1973. become a Republican con- like “Rhinestone Cowboy” his starring role in the 1980 gressman (1987-1999) and and “Southern Nights.” He TV movie Guyana Tragedy: DICK BRUNA U.S. senator from Kentucky won five Grammys, sold The Story of Jim Jones. He 89 / Feb. 16 / Dutch illus- (1999-2011). He remains more than 45 million also had nota- trator and writer of 124 the only member of the records, and had 12 gold ble roles in children’s books who Baseball Hall of Fame to be albums among the 70 he Tombstone, ­created “Miffy,” a ­little elected to Congress. recorded and 75 chart hits. Nixon, and white rabbit drawn in He was inducted into the Blue Sky, simple minimal BRENDA BUTTNER Country Music Hall of among strokes. He wrote 32 55 / Feb. 20 / Harvard Fame in 2005 and won a other books about the graduate and Grammy for lifetime movies. ­rabbit that were Rhodes Scholar achievement in 2012. translated into more who was host of JIMMY BRESLIN than 50 languages with the Fox News BERNIE CASEY 88 / March 19 / New York sales of more than 85 business show 78 / Sept. 19 / Star wide City newspaper journalist, million copies. Bulls and Bears receiver with the San columnist (he won the (2000- Francisco 49ers who took up Pulitzer Prize for JIM BUNNING 2017). acting after retiring in 1968. Commentary in 1986), 85 / May 26 / Hall His TV credits included ­satirist, and author. Best of Fame baseball roles in Murder, She Wrote remembered for giving pitcher who and L.A. Law. He played a voice to working-class New played 17 CIA agent in the filmNever Yorkers through his Daily seasons Say Never Again and News and Newsday (1955-1971) appeared in three of the

columns. for four Revenge of the Nerds movies.

Bunning 74 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 DAVID CASSIDY LLOYD H. CONOVER BILL DANA 67 / Nov. 21 / Teen 93 / March 11 / Pfizer Co. 92 / June 15 / Television idol of the 1970s chemist who in the 1950s writer and comic actor who starred as Keith invented the “new wonder most famed for his routine Partridge in the TV antibiotic” tetracycline. as bumbling immigrant series The Partridge “José Jiménez” that Family. BARBARA COOK debuted in a 1959 NBC 89 / Aug. 8 / Soprano who Steve Allen Christmas EUGENE CERNAN won a Tony Award for her sketch and later appeared 82 / Jan. 16 / role in the 1957 Broadway on NBC’s The Bill Astronaut and U.S. musical The Music Man as Dana Show Navy captain who Marian the librarian. (1963-1965). flew to the moon twice and is the last IRWIN COREY FRANK De FORD Cassidy man to have walked 102 / Feb. 6 / Unschooled 78 / May 28 / on the lunar surface. comedian who called Award- ALAN COLMES ­himself “Professor” and winning WAYNE COCHRAN 66 / Feb. 22 / Sean “World’s Foremost Sports 78 / Nov. 21 / “White Hannity’s Authority,” dressed the Illustrated Knight of Soul” 1960s-1970s bespecta- part of an absent- writer, NPR rock star whose flamboyant cled, mod- minded professor commentator, style influenced Elvis erately (wild hair, shabby suit, and author of 18 Presley, who also borrowed liberal sneakers) before club, books, ­including some of his songs. Burned sparring theater, and TV Everybody’s out and suicidal by 1974, he partner audiences. All-American. started reading the Bible, (and off-set was eventually ordained, good friend) on Fox News MICHAEL CROMARTIE HELEN De VOS and started Voice For Jesus (1996-2009). 67 / Aug. 28 / 90 / Oct. 18 / Christian Center in Miami. Evangelical Philanthropist MIKE CONNORS scholar at known for her sup- DOUG COE 91 / Jan. 26 / Best known as the Ethics port of Christian 88 / Feb. 21 / Influential the hard-hitting private and Public education, children’s but low-key religious investigator on the CBS TV Policy health, and the arts. leader who took over the series Mannix (1967-1975), Center She devoted time

reins of the Washington- a role which earned him a (EPPC) in and leadership to based Fellowship Golden Globe Award in Washington. In Christian churches and Foundation and the 1970. Connors’ TV and 1999, he organized the causes. Survivors include National Prayer Breakfast movie career spanned six “Faith Angle Forum,” her husband,­ Richard in 1969. decades. bringing together scholars DeVos, co-founder of (including theologians) and direct-sales company journalists to discuss faith Amway. Her daughter- Connors and current events. in-law Betsy DeVos is U.S. secretary of CHET CUNNINGHAM education. 88 / March 14 / Former small- DeVos town journalist needing more money for his ­family, he turned to writing books, mostly Western novels. In all, he authored 375 ­published books, often completing

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ROBERT “BOBBY” DOERR MIGUEL FERRER LARRY GRANTHAM civil rights activism and 99 / Nov. 13 / 61 / Jan. 19 / Film and tele- 78 / June 18 / Five-time later became a nutritional Boston Red Sox vision actor who often AFL all-star and five-time health activist. Hall of Fame sec- played lawmen and All-NFL selection as a line- ond baseman, who tough guys, most backer for the New York ROBERT GUILLAUME spent 14 seasons­ recently in the Jets. Played on the Super 89 / Oct. 24 / Emmy- (1937-1951) with the CBS crime series Bowl III champion Jets winning actor best known team. NCIS: Los Angeles. team of 1968-1969. as the butler Benson Du He was the son of actor Bois in TV sit- PETE DOMENICI José Ferrer and singer coms Soap 85 / Sept. 13 / Rosemary Clooney. (1977-1979) Republican senator and from New Mexico JUNE FORAY Benson who served in 99 / July 26 / Female (1980- the U.S. Senate voice actress who gave 1986). He from 1972 to 2008 sound to Rocky the also voiced and became known Flying Squirrel and the baboon for his work on budget and hundreds of other car- Rafiki inThe Lion King. energy issues. toon characters for major studios. BARBARA HALE 94 / Jan. 26 / Although she Domino THOMAS F. FORKNER was an actress who played Grantham 98 / April 26 / Co-founder opposite big-name stars in of the Waffle House chain. movies, she is remembered Its restaurants are adver- DICK GREGORY more readily by TV viewers tised to remain open 24/7, 84 / Aug. 19 / Recognized in her role as Della Street, a boon to night-shift as the first black stand-up secretary to defense lawyer workers. comedian to break the Perry Mason (played by color barrier in major Raymond Burr) on the JEAN FRITZ entertainment venues in long-running CBS series 101 / May 14 / Award- the early 1960s. He used his bearing his TV name winning author of history humorous satire as barbs in (1957-1966). and biography books for

children. Her books earned IMAGES GETTY VIA BANK PHOTO NULL/NBC/NBCU GARY • HALE: FEATURES/AP REX GUILLAUME: Hale New York Times outstand- PHOTOS/AP NFL • GRANTHAM: IMAGES ARCHIVE/GETTY BETTMANN FS/AP • DOMINO: DOERR: ing-book-of-the-year ­citations for titles about Paul Revere, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Ben Franklin, and Benedict Arnold and for Homesick: My Own Story.

ANTOINE “FATS” DOMINO JR. STEPHEN FURST 89 / Oct. 24 / Cheery New 63 / June 16 / Actor who Orleans native whose boo- played the naïve fraternity gie woogie piano style and pledge “Flounder” in the baritone voice influenced 1978 filmNational many musicians, helping Lampoon’s Animal House. them segue into the rock ’n’ roll era of the 1950s and CUBA GOODING SR. early ’60s. His biggest hits 72 / April 20 / Lead singer included “Ain’t That a for the Main Ingredient Shame” and “Blueberry during the 1970s and Hill,” which sold over 5 known for the group’s million copies in 1956 and ­biggest hit, “Everybody

1957. Plays the Fool.”

76 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 TY HARDIN HUGH HEFNER 87 / Aug. 3 / Film and TV 91 / Sept. 27 / Founder of actor who starred as a for- Playboy magazine at age 27 mer Confederate officer in 1953. The first issue fea- who wanders the Old West tured nude photos of then- in the 1958-1962 ABC series unknown Marilyn Monroe, Bronco. and the magazine went on to help degrade American norms with regard to sex.

NAT HENTOFF 91 / Jan. 7 / Columnist, social critic, author of more than 35 books (both novels and non- fiction), and expert on jazz. He spent 50 years writing for The Village Voice, the WAYNE HARDIN countercultural weekly. 91 / April 12 / Head football coach for the U.S. Naval JOHN HILLERMAN Academy from 1959 to 84 / Nov. 9 / Native Texan 1964. His Navy teams beat who acted in many Army five times in a movies and TV Hall row, the last in 1963 shows but with the help of gained the CREIGHTON J. HALE MONTY HALL quarterback Roger most fame 93 / Oct. 8 / Physiologist 96 / Sept. 30 / Mild- Staubach, the playing the and researcher who stud- mannered TV game show Heisman winner cultured ied and designed ways and host and co-creator of that year (and future Englishman equipment to make Little Let’s Make a Deal, which Dallas Cowboys star). Higgins on League baseball safer for debuted as a daytime show Hardin finished up as head Magnum, P.I. (1980-1988). players. Among other on NBC in 1963 and aired coach at Temple University He won a Golden Globe things, he patented a hard- for four decades under a for 13 years and was and an Emmy Award for shell protective helmet in variety of time slots, net- inducted into the College the role. 1959, moved the pitcher 2 works, and syndication. Football Hall of Fame in feet farther from the batter, 2013. ALISTAIR HORNE

eliminated the on-deck ROY HALLADAY 91 / May 25 / British war batting circle, and switched 40 / Nov. 7 / Retired two- RICHARD HATCH researcher and historian, to aluminum bats. He went time Cy Young Award–­ 71 / Feb. 7 / Veteran actor former soldier, spy, jour- on to become president and winning pitcher with the who played fighter pilot nalist, and author of more CEO of Little League Toronto Bluejays (2003) Captain Apollo in the origi- than 20 nonfiction books. International. and Philadelphia Phillies nal Battlestar Galactica TV (2010) and series on ABC CLIFTON JAMES only the sec- (1978-1979). 96 / April 15 / Actor best Halladay ond pitcher in known as a Southern baseball to JOHN HEARD sheriff in two throw a post- 71 / July 21 / Actor James Bond season no-­ whose many film roles films,Live hitter (2010); included the father in and Let killed when the Home Alone Die and his private series and a The Man plane crashed corrupt with the off the Florida detective in Golden

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AL JARREAU Subsequent activism led to 76 / Feb. 12 / Jazz singer his imprisonment, prevent- who released 16 ing him from personally studio albums accepting the Nobel Peace and won seven Prize in 2010. Grammy awards dur- EDDIE LONG ing a career 63 / Jan. 15 / Senior pastor that began in of New Birth Missionary the 1970s and Baptist Church in suburban continued until Atlanta. Under his leader- shortly before his death. ship, the church grew from 300 members to 25,000 at ANNE JEFFREYS its peak, but financial and 94 / Sept. 27 / Film, stage, sexual-abuse scandals led and television actress who to his demise. He died from played the glamorous ghost an aggressive cancer. in the 1950s sitcom Topper. DAVID MAINSE AP • MANSON: NEWS/AP KYODO • LIU: IMAGES GETTY VIA BANK PHOTO NBC/NBCU • LEWIS: HANDOUT • LANDAU: IMAGES KOVARIK/AFP/GETTY PATRICK JARREAU: ROBERT JENSON 81 / Sept. 25 / Founder of 87 / Sept. 5 / Longtime Canada’s longest-running Lutheran scholar, author, religious daily TV program, and educator who rekin- 100 Huntley Street, which dled interest in systematic launched in 1976. A former theology by post-WWII Pentecostal pastor, Mainse scholars. After 20 years at hosted the show until he Lewis the Lutheran Seminary in retired in 2003 to engage in Gettysburg, he moved in outreach to Canada’s indig- 1988 to St. Olaf College, PETE KUYKENDALL JERRY LEWIS enous population. where he co-founded the 79 / Aug. 24 / Composer, 91 / Aug. 20 / Comedic Center for Catholic and performer, publisher, festi- genius who at age 20 in CHARLES MANSON Evangelical Theology. val organizer, promoter, 1946 partnered with 83 / Nov. 19 / Cult leader and virtual godfather of straight man Dean Martin. who orchestrated a string of SPENCER JOHNSON bluegrass music. The duo quickly rose to murders in hopes of start- 78 / July 3 / Medical doctor fame with recordings, ing a race war in who gave up his practice to MARTIN LANDAU radio and TV appear- America. His write children’s books with 89 / July 15 / Actor best ances, and 16 films. followers inspirational and historical known as a master of dis- They went their sepa- killed eight themes. He then collabo- guise in the 1966-1973 TV rate ways after 1956, people over rated with a business series Mission Impossible. and Lewis continued two days ­consultant friend making movies and (including and wrote two raising funds for his actress Landau best­sellers about longtime favorite charity, Sharon Tate and management: the Muscular Dystrophy her unborn child) in 1969. The One-Minute Association (amounting He was denied parole 12 Manager (1982) reportedly to $2.6 billion times and died in prison. and Who Moved between 1952 and 2010). My Cheese? (1998). LEE MAY LIU XIAOBO 74 / July 27 / Hall of Fame HELMUT KOHL 61 / July 13 / Chinese activ- baseball player and three- 87 / June 16 / ist whose leadership time All-Star who hit 354 German chancellor helped curtail the amount home runs during his (1982-1998) who of bloodshed dur- 18-year career with the led reunification of ing the 1989 Cincinnati Reds, the West and East Tiananmen Baltimore Orioles, after the fall of the Square stu- and the Kansas City Berlin Wall in 1989. dent uprising. Royals.

78 WORLD Magazine • December 30, 2017 ERIN MORAN opera to country and gos- 56 / April 22 / Former child pel, performing regularly in actress who starred Las Vegas and recording 28 as Joanie albums, eight of which Cunningham were certified either in the TV gold or platinum. series Happy Days (1974- MASAYA NAKAMURA 1984) but 91 / Jan. 22 / who struggled Founder in 1955 of a after the series company now known as ended. She died of compli- Namco, he helped launch cations from cancer. the Japanese video game industry. In 1980, Namco released Nabors Pac-Man, origi- McCorvey nally a coin-­ operated arcade NORMA Mc CORVEY MARY TYLER MOORE game, which 69 / Feb. 18 / Texas plaintiff 80 / Jan. 25 / Star in TV’s became one of the in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1960-1966 sitcom The Dick world’s most pop- Roe v. Wade decision that Van Dyke Show as the ular video games. forced states to legalize sometimes flustered home- abortion in 1973. She had maker-wife Laura Petrie SAMUEL IRVING contended her pregnancy and in the 1970-1977 TV NEWHOUSE JR. was the result of a rape, but series The Mary Tyler 89 / Oct. 1 / in 1987 confessed it was Moore Show as Mary Billionaire owner caused by a consensual Richards, a 30-something of the influential affair. In 1995 she con- TV news producer. The Condé Nast maga- verted to Christianity and series won 29 Emmys, a zine publishing became active in the pro- record that held for a empire that life movement. ­quarter century. JIM NABORS includes The New Yorker, 87 / Nov. 30 / Actor who Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, DINA MERRILL ROGER MOORE rose to fame as Gomer Pyle Glamour, Self, Golf Digest, 93 / May 22 / Actress, 89 / May 23 / Debonair on The Andy Griffith Show and others. donor, born into wealth British actor who starred (1962-1964) and Gomer Pyle, (daughter of E.F. Hutton as unflappable Agent 007 U.S.M.C. (1964-1969). JOSEPH NICOLOSI and cereal heiress Marjorie in seven James Bond He also 70 / March 8 / Clinical psy- Merriweather Post); many films, includingLive deployed chologist who co-founded of her film and TV roles and Let Die and A his bari- the National Association reflected her real-life View to a Kill. In tone for Research and Therapy social status. pre-Bond years, singing of Homosexuality. He Moore enjoyed voice was a major figure in the HAROLD “HAL” MOORE success with the for ­movement that promotes 94 / Feb. 10 / Retired U.S. U.S. TV series every- “reparative therapy” for Army three-star general Maverick and the thing homosexuals. and American hero who British series from saved most of his men in The Saint. MANUEL NORIEGA the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, 83 / May 29 / Corrupt and the first major battle cruel former Panama involving U.S. forces in Moore dictator, ousted in a Vietnam. His story was told 1989 U.S. invasion in a 1992 best-selling book, and imprisoned We Were Soldiers Once … for the next 27 and Young, and in a 2002 years in America, film adaptation starring France, and

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H. WILBERT NORTON 102 / Feb. 20 / Former ­missionary in the Belgian Congo, strategist who helped to organize InterVarsity’s triennial missions conference (now known as Urbana), profes-

sor who became president HANDOUT • QURESHI: KLEIN/AP E. ROBERT • PETTY: SHOTWELL/INVISION/AP RICHARD • PAXTON: HERRICK/AP GENE • PARSEGHIAN: HANDOUT NOVAK: of what is now Trinity International University, dean of Wheaton College graduate school, founder of a seminary in Nigeria, and professor of missions at Reformed Seminary. Paxton MICHAEL NOVAK 83 / Feb. 17 / Influential BILL PAXTON LONNIE “BO” PILGRIM Zacharias, who specializes liberal-turned-conserva- 61 / Feb. 25 / Film and TV 89 / July 21 / Co-founder of in outreach to the intelli- tive Catholic profes- actor who played the Pilgrim’s Pride, one of the gentsia and student sor, philosopher, polygamist patriarch in world’s largest chicken groups. theologian, his- HBO’s five-year seriesBig processing firms. torian, author, Love. One of his earlier JAMES REAPSOME diplomat, and starring roles was as Bill NABEEL QURESHI 88 / June 26 / Missiologist, longtime Harding, a storm-chasing 34 / Sept. 16 / author, writer, and editor Washington weather researcher in the A Muslim for several evangelical think-tank movie Twister, which who publishers, who also scholar (with the meteorologists say changed became a founded the American Enterprise storm chasing and meteo- Christian Evangelical Missions Institute). rology itself by increasing and an Quarterly in 1964 and enrollment in the discipline. evangelist served as its editor for KATE O’BEIRNE with Ravi 33 years. 67 / April 23 / National ROBERTA PETERS Review Washington editor 86 / Jan. 18 / Metropolitan Petty and CNN Capital Gang Opera high soprano whose panelist. debut at the Met was in 1950 as a last-minute emer- ROBERT OSBORNE gency substitute for a star 84 / March 6 / Journalist, who had fallen ill. That author, expert on was her first of more than Hollywood’s Golden Age, 500 appearances there and longtime host of over the next 35 years. Turner Classic Movies. He wrote several histories of TOM PETTY the Oscars. 66 / Oct. 2 / Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer, song- ARA PARSEGHIAN writer, and guitar- 94 / Aug. 2 / Hall ist who won of Fame coach who three Grammy made Notre Dame awards and great again in the sold more than 1960s and ’70s. His 80 million 1966 and 1973 records. teams were voted national champions.

80 WORLD Magazine ­heckling his heck- JOSEPH W. ROGERS ROBERT B. SILVERS Reese lers got the biggest 97 / March 6 / Co-founder 87 / March 20 / Co-founder laughs. (with Thomas F. Forkner) and longtime editor of The

of the famous Waffle New York Review of Books. ROYAL ROBBINS House restaurant chain. 82 / March 14 / LIZ SMITH Lifelong rock 94 / Nov. 12 / climber who pio- New York gossip neered and pro- columnist with moted “clean” rock a worldwide climbing to avoid audience. rock damage caused by use of pitons and JOHN SHERRILL grappling tools. 94 / Dec. 2 / Longtime editor Rogers (left) HADDON ROBINSON and Forkner and writer for DELLA REESE 86 / July 22 / Longtime Guideposts, who 86 / Nov. 19 / Actress, jazz homiletics professor (at ghost-wrote and gospel singer, best Dallas Seminary for 19 DAN ROONEY ­stories of Christians that known for her role as Tess, years) who also served 11 84 / April 13 / Longtime became mega-bestsellers. the senior guardian angel years as president of Pittsburgh Steelers chair- on the TV series Touched Denver Seminary (1991- man whose support of the HARRY DEAN STANTON By an Angel (1994-2003). 2002) and spent the rest of merger with the American 91 / Sept. 15 / Film and his life at Gordon-Conwell Football League and efforts television charac- DON RICKLES Seminary as professor of to expand diversity helped ter actor best 90 / April 6 / Perennially preaching, while engaged shape the modern NFL. known to popular comedian who in extensive writing, broad- younger made fun of everyone casting, and speaking AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL audiences as found his comedic niche ministries. 51 / March 13 / Author of Roman

REESE: CLIFF LIPSON/CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES • RICKLES: ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES/GETTYROCKEFELLER: RICHARD IMAGES DREW/AP • ROGERS AND FORKNER: RIC FELD/AP • STANTON: CHRIS POLK/AP when he discovered that more than 25 children’s Grant in DAVID ROCKEFELLER books, columns, and HBO’s Big Love. 101 / March 20 / memoirs. “Internationalist” THOMAS E. STARZL chairman of WILBURN K. ROSS 90 / March 4 / Medical Chase 94 / May 9 / U.S. researcher and surgeon who Manhattan Army private who performed the first success- Bank who received the Medal ful human liver transplant. co-founded of Honor for single- the handedly breaking JALAL TALABANI Trilateral eight German assaults 83 / Oct. 3 / Kurdish lawyer Commission and in France during World who helped guide the cre- in retirement became a War II. ation of Iraq’s post-Saddam philanthropist. government, becoming its MICHAEL SCANLAN second president. 85 / Jan. 7 / Franciscan- order Catholic priest who ROBERT W. TAYLOR was a major figure in the 85 / April 13 / Scientist who Catholic Charismatic envisioned using computers Renewal movement. to share information among different offices while SAM SHEPARD working for the Pentagon’s 73 / July 27 / Pulitzer Advanced Research Projects Prize–winning playwright Agency in the 1960s. He and actor, who played Air successfully obtained fund- Force test pilot Chuck ing that led to the creation Yeager in the filmThe of ARPAnet, the earliest Right Stuff. version of the internet.

Rickles December 30, 2017 • WORLD Magazine 81 THOMAS: HANDOUT • TILLIS: MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES • TITTLE: PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME VIA AP • WAPNER: NICK UT/AP • WILLIAMS: MARK HUMPHREY/AP - ­ Sydney. Sydney. in 1973 in founded Angus brother DC that he and his band AC/ selling rock the best- 2016. FRANK WORTHEN retirement” in 87 / Feb. 11 / 87 / Feb. guitarist Rhythm and songwriter for to his “second 18 / 64 / Nov. Founder in 1973 of Founder and remained so up and remained MALCOLM YOUNG MALCOLM YOUNG Giant who was popular at Giant who was home and internationally minis “ex-gay” the first after In Action, Love try, conversion his Christian of active ended 25 years lifestyle. homosexual helped he also In 1976 ­organize Exodus International North America and in 2012 became a co-founder of Network. Hope Space - ’s first mission first ’s , TV’s , TV’s Skylab DON WILLIAMSDON 78 / Sept. 8 / Country Music of Fame Hall singer and songwriter as known the Gentle JOSEPH WAPNER JOSEPH 26 / Retired 97 / Feb. California judge in who starred People’s The Court court first reality room show. WEITZ PAUL 85 / Oct. 23 / Astronaut on it after who helped save the heat shield was ­damaged during launch, famous as theand most ­commander of the Challenger flight. first Shuttle’s WEST ADAM 9 / Actor 88 / June famous as Batman in the 1960s TV show. Tittle

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. The The earlier favorite favorite Casino and real-life championships inchampionships He the early 1960s. ­ had played for the Baltimore for the Baltimore three NFL divisionalNFL three Colts and the San Colts and the San New York Giants to York New BEA WAIN Popular 19 / 100 / Aug. big band–era singer and a Parade Hit Your and ’50s. in the 1940s known for her role asfor her role known Consuelo Lopez in TV’s M.D. Welby, Marcus FRANK VINCENT best 80 / Sept. 13 / Actor tough for playing known guys and gangsters, including mob boss Phil in HBO’s Leotardo Sopranos Cullotta Frank gangster in the movie Y.A. TITTLE TITTLE Y.A. Fame of / Hall 90 / Oct. 8 who led thequarterback 49ers. Francisco ELENA VERDUGO 30 / Actress 92 / May - - - December 30, 2017 • and . was awarded the National the National awarded was the highest of Arts, Medal for honor government U.S. in the arts. achievement thousands of shows in the thousands of shows in theater he owned In 2012 he Mo. Branson, recorded 36 Top 10 sin 36 Top recorded than 60 gles and more and performed in albums, music has to offer over music has to offer the course of his 60-plus- wrote He career. year songs, 1,000 over former who earned virtu and award ally every accolade that country MEL TILLIS MEL 19 / Singer, 85 / Nov. per and songwriter, popular on show radio SiriusXM. Murphy Murphy Brown also He ahosted known for TV known onroles Cheers JAY THOMAS JAY best 24 / Actor 69 / Aug. WORLD Magazine 82 2017 DEATHS

The stakes are high for all of us.

Your freedom is on trial. Jack Phillips’s case was argued before the Supreme Court on December 5th, and the issues are far bigger than wedding cakes and same sex weddings. When governmental elites have the power to punish you simply for living and working according to your beliefs, there is no freedom.

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Lifestyle A chess queen at college CHESS CELEBRITY PHIONA MUTESI CREDITS GOD FOR HER SUCCESS AT THE GAME. NOW SHE’S TRUSTING HIM TO GET THROUGH SCHOOL by Jenny Lind Schmitt

Outside it poured, but anyone for a donation 19, are both students at Katwe, the president of the R inside at National could play a game against Northwest University in small Christian university Chess Day the atmosphere the “Queen of Katwe,” the Kirkland, Wash. When offered full tuition scholar- was anything but dreary. real-life subject of a recent they visited in 2016 to pro- ships to both. On this fall Saturday a Disney film, Phiona Mutesi mote the filmQueen of College education cul- ­college hall hummed with herself. minates a dream hatched concentration, the clink of Mutesi, now 21, and fel- far away in Katwe, a Mutesi makes a move at chess pieces, and the lilt of low Ugandan chess cham- the National Chess Day Ugandan slum, but also

FLOYD ENGLISH FLOYD Ugandan music. Best of all, pion Benjamin Mukumbya, fundraiser. presents a new challenge:

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The scholarships do not cover room and board fees of $15,500 each. That’s where the National Chess Day fundraiser came in: All proceeds went toward fill- ing that need, and donors could also buy handbags made by children in the Sports Outreach Ministry, where Mutesi first learned chess in exchange for a bowl of porridge. Following the chess games Elliott Neff, founder of Chess4Life and organizer of the fundraiser, explained: Clockwise “While one might think from top: with a film made about your Mutesi life, your financial needs speaks with participants would be met, that isn’t the at the case. Disney lost money on fundraiser; the movie, and the students chess champion didn’t receive anything.” Benjamin Mutesi and Mukumbya Mukumbya; were several thousand Elliott Neff, ­dollars short, but still over- founder of Chess4Life whelmed and grateful for the support they’d already received. “It’s amazing that so many people would win. One particular win hopes to work with chil- Joseph Castleberry showed come out here today to was empowering: “When I dren one day. Meanwhile, up for the first meeting. But support someone they beat Joseph [another boy in Mukumbya plans to while chess will always don’t know,” Mutesi said. the club] in chess, that become a neurosurgeon: have an integral place in Queen of Katwe credited changed my life. The idea At age 10 he read Dr. Ben her life, Mutesi said her chess with bringing her out that girls could be better at Carson’s biography and focus now is on her studies. of the slum, but Mutesi anything than a boy was dreamed of following in Her goal of becoming a gives glory to God and says new.” Still, only when Tim his footsteps. Both students chess grandmaster will the faith shown by her Crothers wrote the book love the film about their have to wait. mother in the film was real: about her that led to the lives and say it is accurate: While her studies come “In the really hard time, movie did she think her life Filmmakers used actual with concern about when we went three days could be different from the locations, including the finances, Mutesi exhibited

with no food, my mother “sugar daddy” fate of many church where they learned the same calm reflection ENGLISH FLOYD , MUKUMBYA: • MUTESI HANDOUT NEFF: told us, ‘This is the time slum girls. to play chess. that helps her succeed at that God is closest to you.’” Mutesi talks like any Mutesi was polite with chess. She knows about After Mutesi’s brother told first-year college student— adults but loved being with overcoming obstacles: “The her about the chess pro- balancing academics and children. After the days’ grace of God has enabled gram at Sports Outreach activities, figuring out her events, she posed for me to move forward in Ministry, she went along major, finding the right ­photos with her young chess,” she said, and she’s with him. At first she didn’t church—so sometimes it’s fans, many enrolled in confident He will do like- like chess, but she had to hard to remember that chess clubs: Meeting a wise for her education. At play in order to eat, so she only a few years ago her chess star is inspiration to the end of National Chess learned. “I like chess now,” prospects went no further improve their game. At Day, the fundraiser had she said with a sly smile. than selling maize in the Northwest, Mukumbya and raised enough to cover the Soon after she learned slum. Now she is consider- Mutesi started a chess club, chess champions’ first year to play, Mutesi began to ing a pre-law degree and and university President of college. A

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A demonstration of technology Auto assistance from Panasonic that helps VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE MAY KNOW drivers stay WHEN YOU’RE HAVING A MEDICAL awake EMERGENCY by Michael Cochrane

Automobile accidents caused by wasn’t a lot of research R a driver experiencing a medical into physiological emergency are rare. But within the ­metrics,” Chuck next few years, your car may be able to Gulash, director of sense if you’re experiencing a heart Toyota’s Collaborative attack or a diabetic event, then Safety Research Center respond by safely pulling off the road in Ann Arbor, Mich., and contacting emergency personnel. told CNBC. Gulash Automakers are combining current noted that both heart advances in autonomous driving systems rate and blood glucose levels—two Strumolo believes reliable yet with health-monitoring technology to ­factors linked to some vehicle ­nonintrusive sensors could be linked engineer vehicles that are more aware crashes—can be effectively monitored. to self-driving technology within the of the driver’s physical state—whether Ford Motor Co. is working on a next five to 10 years. the driver is stressed, drowsy, or experi- ­system to nonintrusively measure driver Meanwhile, several automakers encing a full-blown health crisis. brain waves to determine alertness. already offer “drowsy driver” A 2009 National Highway Traffic “The technology to measure brain ­technology on some vehicles. Super Safety Administration study found that waves exists today if you’re willing to Cruise, available on Cadillac’s CT6 20 percent of driver-reported medical strap a tethered helmet filled with sedan, uses a camera and infrared emergencies were related to diabetic ­sensors to your head,” Gary Strumolo, light to monitor driver awareness, events and another 11 percent were a Ford research manager, told CNBC. according to CNBC. The system can associated with heart attacks. “But for technology to work in the gradually bring the car to a stop, “We’ve spent 30 years scientifically marketplace, it has to be reliable and engage the hazard flashers, and call for measuring crash criteria, but there relatively invisible to the consumer.” help if a driver doesn’t seem alert.

A CITY FROM SCRATCH? More people around the world are moving to cities, placing increasing strains on housing, transportation, telecommunica- tions, and other aging infrastructure. It’s not often that urban planners get to design and build a new city on an empty site. But they could get their chance soon on a barren stretch of land west of Phoenix. An investment firm owned by philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has invested $80 million in an Arizona real estate investment group that hopes to develop a 25,000-acre swath of land 45 minutes west of downtown Phoenix. The planned community would have 80,000 residential units, 3,800 acres of office space, and 470 acres devoted to public schools, according to AZCentral.com. Arizona-based developer Belmont Partners claims in a news release that the city—to be known as “Belmont”—will be comparable in size and population to the city of Tempe, Ariz. The developers envision a community “designed around high-speed digital networks, data centers, new manufacturing technologies and distribution models, autonomous vehicles and autonomous logistics hubs,” AZCentral.com reported. The developer hasn’t announced a construction timeline, but some Arizonans think Belmont’s planned location makes sense for Bill Gates’ land investment: The site lies along the route of the proposed Interstate 11 freeway, which would connect Mexico and Las Vegas. —M.C. DRIVER TECHNOLOGY: KYODO VIA AP • ARIZONA: BDFYJDBX/ISTOCK ARIZONA: • AP VIA KYODO TECHNOLOGY: DRIVER

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ethical judgments about them. (The Postal Service Complicit in killing is a good example of a ­common carrier, as are LET’S ENCOURAGE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO phone companies.) Since CUT OFF THE FLOW OF ABORTION DRUGS by Charles Horton drugmakers have decided to ban sales of their ­products for a particular Florida recently approved manufacturers of industry has now decided legal purpose—execution— R ­performed the first all potential execution that condemned felons simply because they U.S. execution involving drugs … have blocked their merit protection from its ­disapprove of it, they can an anesthetic called sale for use in executions.” products. It claims it will not no longer claim neutrality. ­etomidate. The execution While I find some of stop at verbal complaints Hospitals would surely prompted a rebuke from Reprieve’s commentary silly but will even go to court, as complain that a no-abortions the company that invented from a medical standpoint— McKesson Corp. did in policy would interfere with the drug: Janssen yes, certain anesthetics April in an attempt to stop legitimate uses of the drugs Pharmaceuticals (now part hurt briefly during executions in Arkansas. So, in question, since drugs of Johnson and Johnson) is ­injection; no, that doesn’t let’s encourage the drug used for abortions are also not currently among the mean I’m torturing my industry to stop the killing— used in nonabortive drug’s eight producers, but patients by giving them by refusing service to any ­medical procedures. But we stated, “We do not support anesthesia—its argument facility that performs can take the same position the use of our medicines that drug companies abortions. as the European Union, for indications that have should refuse to participate Drug companies that which bans exports of any not been approved by in killing intrigues me. object to such an abortion drug found to be used for ­regulatory authorities.” But, following that logic, boycott cannot complain lethal injection: The end The company’s objec- why stop with executions? they’re the equivalent of user must guarantee that tion can’t be simply that Neither surgical “common carriers”—a term the drug will not be used execution is an off-label use ­abortions nor medical the technology world uses for killing. (This EU ban for the drug, since off-label ­(pill-based) abortions take to describe a neutral party explains why the United prescriptions (using a drug place without the help of that transports data or States no longer has a for reasons not officially drugs. Our pharmaceutical products without making source of the anesthetic sanctioned by the Food and sodium thiopental, which Drug Administration) are previously came from Italy common. A 2008 Stanford and was used in U.S. study found that doctors executions.) often prescribe Janssen’s If a given hospital anemia drug Procrit for off- wanted to re-establish the label uses. Almost 10 years flow of medication, it could later, those uses remain do so simply by stopping popular, though they are abortions. Then the drugs still officially unapproved. would be available for the The anti-death-penalty kind of medical care that group Reprieve collects on heals instead of kills. its website comments from Idealistic? Absolutely. drug companies, each But surely Reprieve itself expressing shock and horror would have thought its own that products conceived for position to be equally ideal- healing are instead used for Since drugmakers have istic only a few years ago. I harm. The companies say never would have imagined they will refuse service to decided to ban sales of their a day when a drug company any customer or reseller products for a particular would sue to control how linked to executions: its products are used. That Reprieve stated that with legal purpose … they can day is now here. KRIEG BARRIE Pfizer’s 2016 decision to McKesson and Janssen prohibit use of its drugs in no longer claim neutrality. declined to comment for executions, “all FDA- this article. A

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­biggest legislative priority Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations books sit on the dais during does not, however, mean the Senate Finance Committee markup that Democrats are sitting of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” pretty. Polls showing the bill to be heavily unpopular also show that the vast majority of people who dislike it are Democrats or Democratic- leaning independents. They are already energized to vote and would be highly unlikely to support Republicans in any event. The core Democratic attack on the measure—that it is a massive tax cut for the rich—has rarely moved voters in the past who are not already motivated to vote Democratic. Without an economic downturn or another way of discussing the bill that can break Tax breaks and politics out of the usual left- THE GOP SHOULDN’T EXPECT A MAJOR POLITICAL BOOST versus-right argument, FROM ITS TAX-CUT PLAN by Henry Olsen Democratic attacks on the measure will not likely gain them many votes. Republicans have been independents to look more Senate had an opportunity It may seem odd that R banking all year on the kindly on you. Obamacare’s to sharply cut taxes for the biggest weapon in the idea that in November 2018 passage motivated loyal working-class families, but GOP’s quiver can produce voters will look at a roaring Democrats but alienated it voted down Sens. Marco such little political effect. economy whose flames have many independent voters, Rubio and Mike Lee’s child But on further reflection, it been stoked by a gigantic tax leading directly to the 2010 tax credit amendment, might seem odder that the cut and reward the party debacle that wiped out which would have given leadership would think it that passed it. My sense: Democratic supermajorities many of them up to a would. Politically success- The impact will be neither in both houses. Under the $2,000 reduction. ful tax cuts on the state and as positive for GOP tax-cut bill, some Working-class voters thus national level have always ­fortunes as Republicans ­independent voters will see have no skin in this game. made many more voters hope nor as negative as a tax increase, and these That’s a big problem for direct winners than this Democrats desire. are the very group of voters Republicans, as they now one does. President Ronald Businesses and business who have been moving depend on large margins Reagan’s two tax cuts both owners will clearly like the away from the Republicans from working-class voters removed millions of lower- GOP tax-cut bill’s large rate over the last year. in many key districts and income voters from the tax reductions for corporations The bill also falls down states. But without Trump rolls and cut the top rate, a large and small. They are a in giving a direct benefit to on the ballot, their turnout formula President George not-inconsiderable part of the voters who made was down in 2017 in the W. Bush’s 2001 and 2003 the Republican voting bloc Trump’s surprising victory Virginia and New Jersey tax cuts followed. By and an enormous share of possible, the working-class governors’ races. The final ­refusing to give millions of the GOP donor class. They voters who crossed over bill could change this by people a significant tax cut will reward House and from the Democrats to reducing payroll taxes, but while hiking taxes on a few Senate candidates with back Trump and his party. thus far the congressional million more, the GOP has cash and votes over the The bill does little to cut leadership has vociferously put all of its political bets next 11 months. their taxes; indeed, the opposed any such attempt. on the supply-side theory A politically successful House version will increase Republicans’ failure to that tax cuts on capital can

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Red Sox it to home and a catcher Russ walk-off celebration. Gibson gets caught off When Foy slid in, third base on umpire Bill a squeeze play Kinnamon hesitated during the for a second—time to fifth inning. go home?—and then called him out. Those were the days when closers went to the close of the game or until their arms fell off, whichever came first. John Wyatt and Jack Aker had both started pitching for the Sox and the A’s, respectively, in the seventh inning. Five innings later they were still on the mound. KC almost took the lead in the top of the 12th, but Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski threw out at home an A’s runner, with Kinnamon again choosing ethics over ease as he yelled, “Yer out,” loudly enough for me in the stands to hear it. Of course, by then I had moved A game to remember from my customary right field spot to CONTEST: SHARE YOUR BEST SPORTS MEMORY. a position of affluence directly behind MINE HAPPENED 50 YEARS AGO … by Marvin Olasky home plate: The original 9,724 in attendance had dwindled to maybe 972, and ushers were unlikely to chase Once in a while, when space allows, his ERA was 2.49 in 1966, his rookie me away. The temperature dropped, R we want to give WORLD members season, so I expected the worst. and I shivered in my jacket BUT the opportunity to be part of our writing Disaster struck in the top of the WOULD NOT LEAVE. community. So, here’s a question: What third as the A’s scored one run and then The A’s finally scored in the top of sports event have you attended that four more on a grand slam by second the 15th, but in the bottom of the most sticks in your memory? I’m not baseman Dick Green, who hit only five inning Boston loaded the bases. José asking about the most important game, home runs in the entire season. “Down Tartabull, a .174 hitter known mostly just one you recall vividly. Please email the drain,” the leather-lunged fan for playing bongos in the clubhouse, descriptions to [email protected]. I’ll behind me yelled, but Boston knocked was at the plate. The fastball of A’s read them, and we’ll periodically run out Blue Moon with six runs in the closer Aker, who had just filed a good ones on WORLD’s website. bottom of the inning. ­petition to change his name to Aching, Here’s mine: April 29, 1967. The By the time fans stretched halfway lollygagged to the plate. Tartabull Boston Red Sox had not had a winning through the seventh laced it to the outfield. record for 10 years. On this day, inning, the score was Two runs scored, and DAN GOSHTIGIAN/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES GETTY VIA GLOBE BOSTON GOSHTIGIAN/THE DAN ­temperatures were in the 40s and a 20 9-9. The Red Sox my perseverance had mph wind blew from the Atlantic, but almost won with two paid off: Boston 11, it was a Saturday afternoon and outs in the ninth and Kansas City 10. Fenway Park was still serving up its a runner of sorts on It seemed an green grass with a side of green wall, second. Shortstop inconsequential event, so in my 17th year I was there in a Rico Petrocelli but when the season cheap seat as I always tried to be. ­singled to right field ended five months The Red Sox were playing the and lumbering Joe later, Boston had Kansas City A’s, who would soon Foy aspired to make astoundingly won the move to Oakland and become a American League ­tri-championship team. I hoped the pennant for the first KC starter, Blue Moon Odom, had that Red Sox pitcher Bill time in 21 years—and Rohr uses electric nickname because he threw a shutout heating pads to keep by one game! only about that often, but it turned out warm between innings. Your turn! A

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‘ Fooled me many times, shame on us’ NOV. 11 Thanks to Leigh Jones for a great article about the National Flood Insurance Program. It’s eye-opening, and sheds light on this grave issue. —SHERYL SCRIVENS on wng.org

Comparing local officials who decide these people truly will worship their on flood insurance payouts to a teen- Creator. ager with someone else’s credit card —ANNE HUHTALA / Park Rapids, Minn. confirmation process. If Trump does seems cold. Those in the thick of nothing more than appoint conserva- rebuilding whole communities have a ‘A dangerous weed’ tive judges, he will have done our very different perspective. Reform is NOV. 11 I never thought I would support republic a big service. necessary, but this feels like rubbing legalizing marijuana, but I live with —WILLIAM K. HALL / San Clemente, Calif. salt in a fresh wound. pain every day of my life. Marijuana —KESHA TINCOPA / Katy, Texas helps with PTSD and pain and is ‘The terror of the void’ ­better than pills. NOV. 11 I answer incoming emails for an ‘The W word’ —KIMBERLY FERRIS on Facebook online ministry, and the question of NOV. 11 Reading your Trump-bashing, I why evil exists comes up a lot. Evil as thought I had mistakenly picked up a I lived for years with a family member the “absence of good” is a helpful copy of The New York Times. It’s time who experienced nearly all of the side ­conversation point that I’ll use to move on. effects of marijuana. It devastated our immediately. —THOMAS E. WATSON / Roanoke, Texas family. The affected person is now —TOM ZIMMERMAN / Waukesha, Wis. much better, but some of the neuro- I live in Europe, and Mindy Belz’s logical damage will never go away. Cold and darkness are analogous to reporting is exactly on point for —BRENDA HAMM JOYNER on Facebook evil in that they are the absence of understanding Europeans’ views on thermal energy and light. Similarly, Trump’s presidency. They do not ‘Only the Brave’ evil is not a created thing but the merely disagree with his policy; they NOV. 11 This is an excellent movie. My absence of God’s influence. regard him as a buffoon incapable of firefighting husband was very moved —BOB RENCKLY on wng.org exercising leadership on a world stage. and impressed by how well it depicted Some might disagree with that assess- reality. ‘Shut in and shut out’ ment, but this is not a hit piece. —SHARON MURPHY on Facebook NOV. 11 Thank God for the missionaries —HANS DECKER on wng.org who sacrifice to help thehikikomori A friend of ours fought the fires here escape their prison. I pray that God’s ‘Anthem antics’ in Santa Rosa, Calif. When he returned people would share their wealth to NOV. 11 Coaches enforcing the traditions to his retail job, his company wanted support missionaries who can help of respect, such as having players him to appear in its magazine and these Japanese find true freedom. stand for the national anthem, are not make him employee of the month, but —DAVE TROUP on wng.org committing acts of slavery. Players he wanted the attention on those who who want to disrespect the flag and lost their homes. ‘A culture for predators’ the nation it represents are “free” to —MICHELLE ULE on Facebook NOV. 11 You are 30 years too late report- quit the NFL. Players should protest ing on predators in Hollywood. They on their own time. ‘Who’s on deck at the have preyed on our youth for decades —BOB CREMER on wng.org ship of state?’ with movies that glorify debauchery, NOV. 11 The administration is not solely sexual exploitation, and gratuitous Once upon a time someone on bended to blame for the failure to fill positions violence against women. I look for- knee was praying. So instead of being at the State Department. Senate ward to watching Hollywood implode. offended, let’s trust God that someday Democrats have united to drag out the —TODD TAYLOR / Riverside, Calif.

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‘Committed to caring’ ‘From Luther to Merkel’ Corrections NOV. 11 I love this interview. We are a OCT. 28 You write that a “toxic blend of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici is a foster family and know so much could empty pietism and nationalism” Democrat (“On the town,” Nov. 25, p. 45). be improved about the system. Its within Lutheranism enabled the Nazi Fenggang Yang said restrictions on shortcomings are staggering. We must Party to manipulate Lutheran foreigners evangelizing in China and do better for our children! churches, but the German Pietists specifying religious venues were —KATIE POWNER on wng.org have been given a bad rap. The enacted in 1994. He believes hidden German Moravian movement was the Christians may work in the legislative ‘Damaged goods’ greatest missionary movement of the council of China or some other NOV. 11 Some context on the idea that no 18th century. If Merkel had been a ­relevant office (“Persevering saints,” one is irreparable might be edifying. I Pietist, she would have opposed abor- Dec. 9, pp. 24-25). work in special education at a public tion and supported the sacredness of high school that preaches that no child marriage; instead she has chosen to Read more Mailbag letters at wng.org is beyond reach. But how much of our avoid political martyrdom. limited attention and money should —CORNELIUS HEGEMAN / Miami, Fla. we spend to try to redeem a few LETTERS and COMMENTS ­adamantly truculent students? The ‘Lord, open European eyes’ Email: [email protected] Apostle Paul warns against those OCT. 28 Every year our church recog- Mail: WORLD Mailbag, PO Box 20002, whose consciences are seared. nizes the anniversary of Luther nailing Asheville, NC 28802-9998 Website: wng.org Recognizing the need for stewardship the 95 Theses on the Wittenberg Facebook: facebook.com/WORLD.magazine helps me deploy my efforts more church door, so thanks for this issue. Twitter: @WORLD_mag effectively. Let’s honor William Tyndale in 2026. Please include full name and address. Letters —STEVEN ANDERSON on wng.org —ARIETTA WATSON / Atlanta, Ga. may be edited to yield brevity and clarity. VOICES Andrée Seu Peterson

God does not exist and that all good things come from men and from the Party. I started worrying about Krusty and Patty. They are my hand-stitched alter egos who make appearances each Sunday at church for a puppet show in the 4’s class and do age-appropriate versions of Noah, Lot, King David, and any other figure in the Bible that Mr. Ralph com- Santa stops here mands. The kids totally believe in this rough- THE DANGERS OF TEACHING CHILDREN around-the-edges cowboy and his more precocious female friend, even as they some- ABOUT A MYTHICAL OMNISCIENT GIFT-GIVER how know when I step out from behind the

Planted on the grassy strip in front of a R house two doors down is a sign announcing “Santa Stops Here. Date: December 19. Raindate: December 20.” The many little tykes on my street must be counting the days. I remember when Santa Claus came to Walnut Hill Plaza in Woonsocket in 1960, and ahead of his visit my mother was at the stove making dinner and I stood at her elbow and looked up at her face and made her solemnly tell me the truth: “Is he really coming in a flying sleigh?” And she solemnly assured me he was. Which now reminds me of a Bible verse: “And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail” (Daniel 11:27). He sees you curtained puppet stand after the performance It wasn’t a lie, of course; it was a fairy tale, and that I have something to do with it. one that every parent told her child. And when when you’re “How is what I do different from the Santa we finally learned it wasn’t true, we each nursed sleeping, he Claus purveyors?” I asked my husband. “I’ve disillusionment in private, the matter being never knows when got the kids believing that Krusty and his friend spoken of again. We did our processing alone— are real.” It’s not the same, he reassured me. how Mom and Dad, who love us more than life you’re awake, Santa Claus is a replacement for the true God. itself, could lie to us for years about a Santa Claus. he knows if Look at the similarities: He sees you when you’re No big deal. Except that when they also told you’ve been sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, he knows us about God and how He’s coming back from if you’ve been bad or good. He spreads his gifts heaven bearing gifts for boys and girls who go to bad or good. through all the world and can be everywhere in church and do as they are told, perhaps we found This is ersatz space at the same time. This is ersatz God. the story slightly less believable, considering God. Let children and adults alike be warned about the source. pretenders to the role of God masquerading as I remember also in third grade, the day that angels of light—from beauty, fame, and riches to Principal Soeur St. Edouard de la Croix stopped benevolent largesse of government whose end by. It was the late 1950s, height of the Cold War is to control our lives and make us say in adora- and hiding under desks. She shared this story tion as men will in the last days, “Who is like to convince us of the evils of Khrushchev and the beast?” (Revelation 13:4). To God alone Communism: The teachers in the Soviet Union belongs such acclamation: “The Lord is high have the students close their eyes, and they tell above the nations, and his glory above the them that God is going to put a treat on their ­heavens! Who is like the Lord our God, who is desks while their eyes are shut. Invariably one seated on high, who looks far down on the smart-alecky kid will pry an eye open while the heavens and the earth?” (Psalm 113:4-6). distribution is being made and will protest that The One who gives good gifts, whose coach they’d been lied to about God, and that in is not a flying sleigh but a swift cloud (Isaiah Santa Claus and the ­actuality it is the teacher who put candy on the three wise men 19:1) will never give His glory to another. And

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Rachel asked, “How can you defend those ­dictators? Don’t you see the worst always win?” Khan replied, “Get real. During a transitional period terrible things must be done.” Rachel said, “Now I get it. More killing means less killing. More dictatorship means less ­dictatorship. War is peace and totalitarianism is freedom—all in the long run. You really believe Khan unchained that? And you think I’m naïve??” Khan stalked off. Rachel heard on the gossip REVELATIONS ON THE BROKEN ROAD circuit that Khan had dropped out. Two years later she was amazed to see his Tenth in a once-a-quarter series of short short photo on the front page of a stories. Others are at wng.org/shortstories. ­supermarket tabloid: He was now a professional wrestler, grappling Pastor Mark Kahn’s twin brother Mike under the name Genghis Khan. Over R Khan, during his two years at the the next 10 years, as her legal career University of Texas, was one of the few who advanced in Austin, she had the still read Lenin. His favorite line: “If you are not guilty pleasure of occasionally inclined to crawl in the mud on your belly, you ­looking him up online. are not a revolutionary but a chatterbox.” Then Rachel went to a UT Everyone was a snake, so might as well be a ­basketball game at the Erwin Center snake for justice. and saw a flyer listingcoming ­ Mike, with more muscle but less brainpower ­attractions: World Wrestling than Mark, was quick enough in seminars to Entertainment presents Genghis impress pretty girls like Rachel Auerglas. He Khan’s last match. She bought a ticket was already sleeping with one, Esperanza, but 20 rows back from the ring and slunk he joked about Muslim baseball: “Maybe I’ll get into the arena, hoping no one would married and have a rotation of four.” see her. The fight was fixed, of course, After Khan in class said Christians under- and Khan ended his career with a stood “sin,” Rachel said she’d like to talk with win, but as the referee raised his arm him. He thought he had a ticket into her bed. She Khan scanned the crowd and seemed thought he might be a Christian. “Nope,” Khan to be looking right at her. replied: “I’m an atheist. To me, murdering people ‘I want useful The next day an email from Khan surprised is wrong, but it always goes on, and most of it is her: “Thanks for coming last night. I’ve been haphazard and useless. I want useful murder, murder, sin following your career.” A month later a stranger sin that goes somewhere: virtuous sin.” that goes email showed up: Khan was in Syria, fighting When Rachel said he was illogical, Khan somewhere: ISIS with a platoon flying a United Socialist responded, “That shows how muddled you are. Opposition (USO) flag. “Dear Dushka,” he wrote: Name one revolution that succeeded without virtuous sin.’ “I’m carrying an AK-47 and I fired a Dushka killing reactionaries.” Rachel shot back, “Name the other day. No faked fights here.” Rachel BE THE DIFFERENCE. one revolution besides America’s that succeeded, went online to learn that “dushka” is Russian period.” both for a girlfriend and a truck-mounted heavy They debated the nature of success, but the machine gun. only success Khan wanted at the moment was Rachel started reading online articles about going all the way with Rachel. She said no, but the Syrian factions—Russians, Kurds, American Gateway Seminary students change the world — often one friendship at a time. Learn she was praying that God would change him. soldiers, Middle East Marxists, Assad loyalists— Khan got mad: “You worship some God who that sometimes fought ISIS, sometimes each to share the gospel in every context so others can be transformed by Jesus Christ. can turn a person inside out in a minute or an other. She prayed, “Lord, I don’t know why Be the difference. Become part of the global Gateway family hour? Even if God did exist, why would He care You’d protect someone like Michael who hates on one of five campuses about a small person on a small planet of a You, but please help him see the light.” in a virtual classroom small sun at the edge of the galaxy?” She prayed for half a year, and then received

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