In New York City, if you go into a McDonald’s or just about any other big name fast food restaurant, you’ll notice by every menu item is a calorie count. It’s there because it’s the law, and it might soon be the law for the rest of the country.

This is only the first step. I [...]

I wasn’t going to talk about Michael Phelps getting caught smoking pot. I’m sure you know that I don’t care about either Phelps or what he inhales. I heard something the other night on Geraldo’s show that really irritated me.
 
A woman actually said that the children look up to Phelps. Really? What children are these? [...]

There’s a news story out on a Canada-Netherlands study with the headline “Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression In Children”.  Wait, I thought smoking during pregnancy caused low birth weigh, weak and deformed babies.  Now they’re responsible for puny wimpy freaks with a mean streak?
 
The article also mentions a few other risk factors for aggression in children including mothers [...]

I was reading a story about a nursing home in Denmark had a few escorts pay visits to some of the residents. Apparently some people over there aren’t happy with this idea. While this story does come from Denmark, it gives me an idea for our country.
 
After turning 21, I really don’t see a reason [...]

A Minnesota law has banned smoking in public places. Bars in the state started to suffer a loss of business and a bar owner, Judy Cassman, has come up with a way around this by taking advantage of a loophole in the law that allows smoking during theatrical performances. She has started a “theater night” [...]