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...your statement about Blair being "curiously reticent in talking about his own faith ... characteristic of British politicians, not American ones": American politicians who loudly tout their faith are usually touting membership in one of the Christian sects, and rarely Judaism (and even more rarely Islam). The political climate in the U.S. makes it useful to boast about one's belief in Jesus and the Christian God, and political suicide to mention any faith that is focused in a different direction. Can you imagine a candidate for President glowingly referring to an uplifting feeling at a full-moon ritual or celebration...
...obese children ages 2 to 17 identified them as such. An Australian group found that only 11% of parents of overweight 5- and 6-year-olds and 37% of parents of overweight 10-to-12-year-olds were aware that their children had a weight problem. And a 2005 British study found that fewer than 2% of parents of overweight kids from ages 3 to 5--and just over 17% of parents of obese kids of the same age range--saw things for what they were...
...pejorative terms about our children, especially if they were once hurled at us by playground bullies. And part of it may be that, in a society in which obesity is omnipresent, a slightly hefty child looks pretty normal, relatively speaking, says psychologist Susan Carnell, the lead researcher for the British study on parental perceptions, who is now at the New York Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's--Roosevelt Hospital. "The parents are likely to be overweight. The clinician who sees the child could well be overweight. It's a sensitive issue from all sides...
Finally, you can try to lighten the guilt load a bit. "There's a lot of parent-blaming that goes on," says the New York Obesity Research Center's Carnell, part of a British team trying to tease out just how genetics affect appetite, "and I think that's probably unfair. Parents are a powerful influence, but there are other influences as well--like genes." Recognizing that at least some cards in the obesity hand are dealt even before a child is born can be an important first step for parents and kids accustomed to thinking their weight woes...
Eastwood bristled at the charge. "Has he ever studied history? [African-American soldiers] didn't raise the flag," he countered in an interview with the British newspaper the Guardian. "If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people'd go, 'This guy's lost his mind.'" Eastwood also suggested Lee should "shut his face." That didn't go down so well. Eastwood "is not my father, and we're not on a plantation either," Lee fumed. "I'm not making this up. I know history...