The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product.

During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins.

Point of view is present in anything I write, but I really try to let the subject and facts speak for themselves.

Basically, I'm a perpetual student. I start by finding a subject I really don't know very much, but that I'm curious about. I learn about it through books in a library, by doing interviews with people who know a lot about the subject, and by going out on my own and seeing for myself what's happening.

Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people dont seem to care about the fat aspect.

I think it's possible to have food that's healthy, that's good for you to eat, that's also inexpensive. We don't have to have this cheap, unhealthy food being so aggressively promoted.