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...surprised that you did not mention the obvious cause of the problem for marriage today: gay marriage. The far right has long insisted that allowing gay marriage would ruin the institution of marriage. Now that several states have made gay marriage legal, I guess we can all see the terrible chaos (forgive the sarcasm) it has caused. Karen Baker, COTTAGE GROVE...
Were the people you know surprised by the content? I have two very close friends who apparently were very concerned for my reputation. They thought it would ruin me. So I restrained myself from saying, "Oh, goody!" Instead, I said that the only thing that would ever give me pause would be to have a work published that was badly written...
...much will the changes in American tastes and habits affect the rest of the world? By that time, China will boast - it already boasts - a vibrant consuming economy of its own, one that will demand more and more of China's own goods. So will this be the ruin of China? Certainly not, but its growth will slow. And bringing more production to the U.S. can only help our own economy, lending it stability, bolstering the dollar and weaning down our debt...
...woman having a rough week. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner suffered a major political blow when the ruling Peronist Party, led by her husband Néstor Kirchner, went down to defeat in midterm congressional elections. Néstor, a former President who rescued Argentina from the brink of economic ruin, resigned as party leader after the vote, which was seen as a referendum on the couple's handling of farm strikes and the sagging economy...
...filed for divorce in May, citing his purported relationship with an 18-year-old female. Three women said Berlusconi had paid them to attend his parties; one also alleged that he had sex with a paid escort last November. Berlusconi dismissed their statements, saying that paying for sex would ruin the "pleasure of conquest...