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...leaving unrealistic expectations unrealized, engender bitterness and cynicism in politics. Politics is not a simple science. We would do well then to resist those ideologues who promise paradise through policies of greatest simplicity, ease, and comfort.To the student activists: We should help where we can. But your fine-sounding sayings and high-minded petitions only help yourselves.Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears regularly...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: A Band-Aid for Bleeding Hearts | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...South Africa, where circumcision is rare, Davis, 28, a college administrator, did research and decided that the risks trumped the benefits. She left her son Aiden, now 20 months, intact--though she says her spouse remains leery of the decision: "He's kind of like, 'Well, I work just fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Backlash Against Circumcision | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Cost of a proposed state-record fine in Virginia against Verizon for poor service during the first five months of 2006. The company failed to fix approximately 170,000 phone outages within 48hr., as required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NUMBERS: Nov. 12, 2007 | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...military duty in Israel. I feel just as underappreciated and disregarded. I realized that my role in the community meant nothing the other day when I was walking down JFK St. trying to get bubble tea and I saw a girl in leggings walking her dog. “Fine,” I said to myself. “Maybe she just had some leggings lying around and she felt it would be a good dog-walking outfit. It’s not like everyone dresses up like Cruella de Vil when they walk dogs...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Please, Never Wear Leggings Again | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...officials had not obtained authorization from Chadian officials to expatriate the children, saying their condition required immediate action that time-consuming administrative procedure would have stalled. Members of Chad's government, however, have said many of the children that were being hustled aboard the plan were in fine health, and had been wearing fake bandages and unconnected IV drips to give the misleading impression of injury or illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Doubts Over Chad 'Adoptions' | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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