Why Food Stamps Don't Pay for Healthy Meals

I applaud  Monica Marier's commitment and the good intentions of Sesame Street's producers in drawing trying to draw attention to child hunger in the United States. Certainly, far too many children grow up in bad circumstances in the United States and some of these circumstances relate to food. …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Tuesday October 11, 2011

Glenn Beck Wants A Whiter Spider-Man

Glenn Beck has a problem with the new Spider-Man, and he thinks Michelle Obama is to blame. In one of Marvel's comic series, Peter Parker has been killed off and the mantle of Spider-Man will be taken up by a new character: Miles Morales, who is half-black and half-Hispanic . On his radio …

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Wednesday August 3, 2011

Michelle Obama's Burger-Gate

The Washington Post reports that First Lady Michelle Obama had a hamburger for lunch. The Washington Post reports that First Lady Michelle Obama had a hamburger for lunch: First lady Michelle Obama ordered a whopper of a meal at the newly opened Washington diner Shake Shack during lunch …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday July 12, 2011