The woman was originally sentenced to death on Sunday but given until Thursday to return to Islam.

I roll through a red light if and only if no pedestrian is in the crosswalk and no car is in the intersection - that is, if it will not endanger myself or anybody else. To put it another way, I treat red lights and stop signs as if they were yield signs. A fundamental concern of ethics is the effect of our actions on others. My actions harm no one. This moral reasoning may not sway the police officer writing me a ticket, but it would pass the test of Kant's categorical imperative: I think all cyclists could - and should - ride like me.

MR. GREGORY Serving America.

Now let me shock you: the Chinese state enjoys greater legitimacy than any Western state. How come?

Iran has suggested it could curb its highest-known level of uranium enrichment — at 20 percent — in a possible deal that could ease the U.S.-led economic sanctions.