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It is easy for a school to know how many students give birth each year, but--especially in a heavily Catholic town like Gloucester--it is impossible to know how many pregnancies are terminated. Birthrates are not the same as pregnancy rates, and the national trends in both tell an...
It is easy for a school to know how many students give birth in a given year, but it is impossible to know how many pregnancies are terminated - especially in a heavily Catholic town like Gloucester. Birthrates are not the same as pregnancy rates, and the national trends for both...
Rudolph Giuliani and Silvio Berlusconi share more than just Italian roots and an off-the-cuff approach to politics. The former mayor of New York and current Prime Minister of Italy also have the same beef with Pope Benedict XVI and the rules of the Catholic Church. Both political leaders...
The debate over Communion and politicians flared up during the 2004 race for the White House, when the Archbishop of St. Louis said he would deny the rite to Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, a pro-choice Catholic. Kerry is also divorced, but had his first marriage annulled, which allows...
Fuzzy language and fuzzy thinking were always among Carlin's favorite topics. He marveled at oxymorons like "jumbo shrimp" and "military intelligence," and pointed out the social uses of euphemism: "When did toilet paper become 'bathroom tissue'? When did house trailers become 'mobile homes'?" He reminisced about his class-clown...