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...makes sense that we're seeing crossovers. Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska until - bummed out by ethics investigations and the press - she could no longer manage as an attention controller (albeit one who used her family life to political advantage when possible). So she resigned and became a full-time attention seeker, a media entity whose posts, tweets and TV appearances are not extensions of her work but the work itself. (Rate the candidates for TIME's Person of the Year...
Gibbs suggests that overparenting is due to our obsession with kids' achievement, but there is another explanation. When I was growing up in the 1980s, many mothers entered the workforce full time; the trend was an economic boon, but it also created problems. For hours after school, kids languished at home alone or entered overcrowded programs. Unlike earlier generations, parents now tend to have fewer kids and more modern conveniences. We have the freedom to rebel against the '80s era and be more involved. Overparenting may be on the decline partly because of economics and not strictly a philosophical backlash...
...there is such a thing as a classy way to rob a bank, we may be able to learn a little something from the man who ran out of the Harvard University Credit Union with an envelope full of cash Tuesday morning. The man allegedly marched into the bank only minutes before, seemingly unarmed, and presented the teller with a letter demanding cash...
...Qdoba can take advantage of Dice Day Wednesdays—a 50-50 chance to win a free burrito and soft drink by rolling a large green die at the register. If the customer lands an odd number, the combo's on the house. If not, the customer pays full price...
...withdrawal of U.S. and foreign funding to those ministries that are clearly corrupt or that underperform. As for development, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking on Monday in New York, said Washington's "goals in Afghanistan include providing the government with the support that it needs to take full responsibility for its own country. That makes civilian efforts as vital as military operations and of longer duration." To do so, she and Obama envision a "civilian surge" of agriculturists, rule-of-law experts and development strategists that should be in place by early 2010. As part of that expansion...