(Freedom Haters recently had a story run in Nth Word. Here's a little excerpt.) 

I think Jean Paul Sarte once said, "Hell is other people's babies". 

At least that's the lesson I learnt when I went to the 8th annual America's Most Beautiful Baby Contest in Scottsdale Arizona.

Outside it's hot enough to fry babyfood. But inside the bliss of an air-conditioned shopping mall, one baby will be judged far more beautiful than all the other babies, displayed on stage like a little trained monkey.