After NY and other places went on a tear and tried to ban salt, or at least reduce its use, and after years of government programs shouted from the rooftops regarding the hazards of the white crystal, it turns out that lowering your salt intake can be harmful. And these weren't crazy reductions to like 600 mg per day, these people were still eating - after the reduction - 3,800 mg, which is much much higher than the 2,000 mg the government recommends.
Meanwhile, out on the left coast Los Angeles is busy preventing new fast food chains from opening, on the premise that they locate in poor neighborhoods and make the poor fat. Ignoring the personal choice issue, it turns out that - OMG - middle class people eat more fast food and in fact, the richer you are, the more fast you eat, up to about $60,000 in income. The availability of healthy food in poor neighborhoods, and health and obesity in general in those areas, is an issue, but simplifying it down to "fast food = bad" is not the way to solve it. But it makes some people feel like they are helping, so who cares who it hurts.
Oh, and after needlessly worrying parents for the last 5 or so years, it turns out that your fat baby probably isn't going to grow up to be the blob.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
I'm expected to raise my kids in this world?
Two Florida school children suspended after they were caught... doing drugs? No. Having sex? No. Vandalizing property? Again, no.
Hugging. Yes. Hugging. According to Reason.com the principle "admits it was an 'innocent' hug, but the school has zero tolerance for hugging."
Wait. "Zero tolerance for hugging"? What?
I'm generally an enthusiastic supporter and believer that the times we are living in now are better than any time in the past; and that my kids' future world will be an infinitely better place than today.
Sometimes though, I have to wonder. To the extent that things like this make our world worse, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
And be careful, next time your teen kid smiles at someone, they could end up married, pregnant and full of STDs.
Hugging. Yes. Hugging. According to Reason.com the principle "admits it was an 'innocent' hug, but the school has zero tolerance for hugging."
Wait. "Zero tolerance for hugging"? What?
I'm generally an enthusiastic supporter and believer that the times we are living in now are better than any time in the past; and that my kids' future world will be an infinitely better place than today.
Sometimes though, I have to wonder. To the extent that things like this make our world worse, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
And be careful, next time your teen kid smiles at someone, they could end up married, pregnant and full of STDs.
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