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...corporate level? Unfortunately there seems to be such a paralysis in government these days. I think Eric Schlosser's analogy about tobacco is a really important one. We were up against really powerful corporations, and ultimately they had great connections to government. But when we began to learn that nicotine really wasn't good for us, we were eventually able to put laws in practice that could tax and charge the real price for that product. I think as we start to understand these high, unseen costs, hopefully we'll start to put the real price on cheap food...
...Deficit" [Feb. 15]. We need leadership from the President to reduce government expenditures, not to spend and spend. We should start by not trying to be the world's policeman and not pandering to the electorate as Obama has. Citizens have to live within their budgets. The government must learn to do the same starting...
...Shabab in Somalia - that proposed an extremist vision of Islam as a solution to the lawlessness. The two countries are both poor and populated mostly, it can often seem, by men with a uniform taste for beards, AK-47s and pickup trucks. (See what the U.S. Army can learn from Black Hawk Down...
Every meal at Wellspring is basically a fat-free re-creation of something unhealthy. In their nutrition and cooking classes, kids learn to make mozzarella sticks with fat-free cheese and PB&J sandwiches with imitation peanut butter. They're nowhere near as tasty as the original versions, but the kids seem to like them, and at least they don't feel deprived. "A lot of parents ask me why we don't serve organic health foods," says Craig, "to which I say, Is your kid really going to eat that?" (See the 10 worst fast food meals...
...With these funds they will be able to not just learn how to fish, but skills like teamwork, discipline, respect, and self-confidence,” Hoffman said...