The New York City soda ban and other mandates like it won't save any lives or money.
But they make people feel like they’re doing something about a tough problem we all face.
When I'm feeling especially despairing about the larger implications, I've entertained proposing bans on sitting ... Views: 2097
If you run a home business, you're probably struggling with a common problem: How to run your home-based business without running yourself into the ground.
If you're a parent, part of the answer may be right under your nose. In your children. Not only do kids have an invaluable sanity-saving ... Views: 882
Last year about this time we were in mourning as we stared at our beautiful plum tree . . .
Only 2 or 3 deep maroon plums dangled from its boughs.
The rest had been taken out by a late spring frost. Those thousands of promising little orbs that we'd celebrated in May simply blackened and ... Views: 993
Talk about a bunch of crazy fans . . .
Green body paint on shaved heads. Wild cheering, waves and mascots. Crazy outfits. If you looked around the stadium you could have sworn you were at some sporting event.
But this high energy, fan fever was not generated by people throwing balls. ... Views: 1745
It breaks my heart . . .
Accompanying the childhood obesity epidemic is another threat to our children's well being.
Our children are losing their capacity to think and learn.
A big part of this worrisome trend I'll place squarely at the feet of electronics.
But the big problem – ... Views: 1183