Speaking of a bit of levity you forgot to mention that the most compelling reason to have one’s son circumcised is that women are more willing to perform oral sex on a man who has been circumcised than on one who hasn’t and far be it from me to impair my son’s pleasure in that regard. I happened to mention this fact at a dinner party once with some British women and they both cracked up laughing and said, “It’s true!”
On a serious note, this is a very good article and I did know about Abraham circumcising himself at the age of 80 with an axe. You also should have mentioned that Prophet Mohammed was born circumcised.