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Part of the problem is that, while fictional pop star Montana is loved by tweens and preschoolers, Cyrus is 15. Critics called the photo "sexualizing," but that's precisely the wrong verb; teens do not need professional help to become sexual. The sexualization that some parents really fear is off-camera. They see their daughters being pushed down a slope that starts with sexy princesses and ends in rehab. Pop culture, they say, is making kids grow up too fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Montana or Molehill? | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...based in Hilla, that the Shi'ite town's Badr-dominated forces were "chomping at the bit to go after [the Mahdi Army]" in recent fighting. In areas where al-Sadr's militia dominates, many soldiers simply deserted, either out of loyalty to the cleric or out of fear. "Most of the officers are scared that if they attack the militias and the Mahdi Army today, they'll pay for it tomorrow," says a senior Interior Ministry official. "Power could flip, and the Mahdi Army could be in control. Then anyone who is fighting them now will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Measuring Iraq's Security Forces | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...primary document” like an original birth certificate or a passport. This restriction unfairly affects certain demographics who are not in the position to acquire a state ID, like the poor, the elderly, and the disabled. Furthermore, the evidence that the Court cites to justify its fear about voter fraud is weak at best. The Court’s citation of alleged voter fraud in New York City’s 1868 election is absurd. The only specific evidence of in-person voter fraud that the majority opinion cites is an incident in 2004 in Washington involving a single...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Let Them Vote | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

With billions of dollars flowing through the political system each year, many Americans subscribe to a cynical, dressed-down version of Max Weber’s fear of plutocracy: since politicians turn to the well-heeled to finance elections, they are likely to care little about the interests of the masses...

Author: By Jun Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Where's the Money? | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...probably the most charming” of all the ones he’s invented. “By the end of all the rewriting, all the movies are character-driven….We just loved the sad, lonely, futile aspect of the character.” But fear not; “Wall•E” is not a tragedy.“It’s a love story, a love story between two robots,” Stanton said. Wall•E meets a fellow robot Eve, who arrives in a spaceship from another...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stanton: Animating Pixar | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

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