Starving for inattention
Posted: October 2, 2012 at 3:39 a.m.
When does a movement that once seemed reasonable begin to slip its moorings? When first lady Michelle Obama began her anti-obesity campaign, I thought, yeah, seems like a good idea. Get the kids outside and by all means, limit their intake of sugar water, er, soda. But worrisome signs were there from the beginning, evident in the campaign against cigarettes.
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Editorial, Pages 12 on 10/02/2012
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