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...Ruining Our Pun Re "A Not-Quite-Immaculate Conception" [Oct. 16]: The headline for the report on actress Keisha Castle-Hughes' pregnancy confused the Immaculate Conception of Mary with the virgin birth of Jesus. Roman Catholic dogma teaches that Mary was conceived without original sin and therefore didn't need to be baptized. Kenneth Sweigart Paradise, Pennsylvania...
...Yahtzee.” Surely you’ve heard the term by now—several cartoonists give birth to the same idea, usually all at once. Your cartoonist seems to have jumped on board a slow train to Yahtzee-ville with her depiction of Kim’s mushroom cloud hair...
...good. America's reputation in Lebanon plummeted as a result of what many Lebanese saw as the U.S.'s one-sided support for Israel during the summer's fighting. While Lebanon suffered five times as many casualties as Israel did, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the carnage the "birth pangs of a new Middle East" and actively slowed the international diplomatic push for a cease-fire, hoping that given more time Israel could do destroy Hizballah's military infrastructure...
...race often determine extrinsic behavior and values, they are by themselves entirely intrinsic. One is born Indian or black and cannot change this identity. Yet there is always an element of choice, regardless of whether it is exercised, when choosing a religion; we are not chained to ideas at birth. The quintessential example is Salman Rushdie, who was born into an Islamic family but has since become one of the world’s most vociferous critics of the Islamic faith...
...Imagine a student who has been raped and impregnated. While she has every right to give birth to a child, she may not want to. She likely has dreamed about mothering a child with someone she loves. She wants to give her child the best life possible. But she did not dream of being raped, and she did not dream of having a child as an undergraduate. She likely does not know if she can provide the amount of time and money that a child needs. She probably thinks that she will have to sacrifice her dreams and leave school...