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  • John Bolton escapes citizen's arrest at Hay Festival (Update)

    05/28/2008 12:46:08 PM PDT · by mojito · 68 replies · 152+ views
    Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5/28/2008 | Stephen Adams
    John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has escaped an attempted citizen's arrest as he appeared at the Hay Festival. The former ambassador - a key advisor to President George W Bush who argued strongly in favour of invading Iraq - had been giving a talk on international relations to more than 600 people at the literary festival. Mr Monbiot was blocked by two heavily-built security guards at the end of the one-and-a-half hour appearance, before he could serve a "charge sheet" on him. After being released by the guards the columnist - a fierce critic of...
  • Kids are Depressing, Study of Parents Finds

    02/08/2006 4:02:23 AM PST · by LouAvul · 96 replies · 1,597+ views
    yahoo ^ | 2-8-06
    Any parent will tell you kids can be depressing at times. A new study shows that raising them is a lifelong challenge to your mental health. Not only do parents have significantly higher levels of depression than adults who do not have children, the problem gets worse when the kids move out. "Parents have more to worry about than other people do—that's the bottom line," said Florida State University professor Robin Simon. "And that worry does not diminish over time. Parents worry about their kids' emotional, social, physical and economic well-being. We worry about how they're getting along in the...