Topic: obesity
Today’s Visual: Walmart, Ever Fatter
Sometimes a good visual is the simplest way to illuminate an argument or frame a complex situation. I run across a lot in school these days, and I’m going to try to make a habit of sharing the most compelling ones here. My hope is that you’ll find these bite-sized, information-packed morsels useful, be they over drinks with like-minded friends or on Facebook with reactionary relatives. Today’s, from Flowing Data, describes the proliferation of Walmarts and Sam’s Clubs across the … Read More
Fat Chance: Sating Energy Appetites
I don’t know whether energy journalist Amanda Little has been inhaling petrochemicals recently. But her latest opinion piece in the Times may have been written under the influence. I don’t usually spend my time bashing well-intentioned journalists. For one thing, it isn’t particularly polite. For another thing, it doesn’t actually solve any problems. But I thought that Ms. Little’s piece was such a stark illustration of good intentions standing in for good ideas that I couldn’t ignore it.
