Monday, August 29, 2005

When in doubt, blame...

Gary Ruskin & Juliet Schor's cover story in The Nation is entitled "Junk Food Nation: Who's to Blame for Childhood Obesity?"

Given The Nation's politics, the answer to the article's title question has got to be Big Business, right?

Nope. Far too simplistic.

Turns out that the culprit behind childhood obesity in America is a nuanced combination of Big Business and the Bush Administration.

Should've known.