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But not anymore. "We are losing the notion of sin," Pope Benedict XVI warns, as attendance at confession plummets. The culture celebrates what once it sanctioned: parents encourage pride as essential to self-esteem; a group of self-rising French chefs has petitioned the Vatican that being a gourmand is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Road to Hell | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

Rick Ross really is “Mr. Miami.” Witha body mass matched only by his enormouscharisma and raspy, throbbingbaritone, it’s easy to make comparisonsto other notorious biggies, like Fat Joe orBig Pun. But before I commit hip-hopheresy and put Ross in the...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rick Ross | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

I imagine he said it as if he were confessing a deep, dark secret. And, of course (wink, wink), he had no idea his little confession would make the rounds. But when Sergio Bendixen, Hillary Clinton's pollster and resident Latino expert, told the New Yorker after her win in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Black-Brown Divide | 1/26/2008 | See Source »

To Rana, the confession of the boy bomber meshes well with the modus operandi of Mehsud's loose coalition. "Mehsud is not only organizing in the tribal areas," says Rana. "He is trying to unify all of the insurgent movements, even from Karachi and Baluchistan. These groups will have mutual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Face of Pakistan's New Taliban | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

But suppose someone does crack. Say Clemens gives a tearful confession. Say Pettitte, who is a strong witness since he already copped to McNamee's allegations against him in the Mitchell report, rats out his pal and training partner. None of this would make the Mitchell report "entirely" credible. Just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress's Wild Pitch on Steroids | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

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