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...doctors are considering how to rebuild their battered immune systems. After a decade of fighting HIV, many of the body's defensive reserves have been thoroughly depleted and cannot be regenerated from within. Researchers plan to grow replacement cells in the laboratory for transplant into recovering patients. Before the advent of combination therapy, no one would have considered such a rescue effort because the unchecked virus would have rapidly destroyed the new implants...
Today, the election process does not at all reflect this ideal scenario. The advent of direct primaries and the decline of political parties' power have virtually eliminated any sense of a deliberative process. The system now depends on the voting public to select the candidates. The task at hand then becomes to educate voters, providing them with information about the candidates and their platforms, so that they can make well-informed and well-thought-out decisions. The media has, by default, become the link between the candidates and the people. Without television, radio and newspapers, those running for office would...
...many students, the Christmas tree is homey and familiar when a nativity scene or Advent wreath would not be. But for other students, particularly those from non-Christian traditions, that isn't true. I think the advocates of Christmas trees have recognized this and have wisely avoided using homeyness as their defense for putting one up. Instead, the trees have been incorrectly incorporated into a debate about religious symbols in public spaces...
...feel frustrated. My culture is represented, but my faith is not. I am willing to see a Christmas tree removed if one or two people don't particularly like it. I would not be willing to remove a hanukkiah, and I feel the same about a creche or Advent wreath. Religious expressions deserve special protection...
...house funds paying for, I'll be the Grinch, Scrooge or other secular symbol of Christmas-bashing and suggest it's time to take the trees down. If we are serious about sharing religion and learning from each other, I am ready to light the pink candle of an Advent wreath next Sunday and explain the religious significance and celebrations of the Christmas season...