A Public Outcry Usually Masks A Private

I Find That One Of The Most Important Things, As A Writer, Is To Just Show Up - To Just Stay In The Chair And Fight Through The Difficult Patches. As Long As You're At The Desk, And You're Willing To Fight It Out, Eventually The Right Words Will Come.

There's Also A Growing Trend Toward Having Gardens In Schools To Literally Show Kids Where Food Comes From By Having Them Grow And Prepare Their Own Food. There's Also A Movement That's Bringing Farmers Into Schools And Creating Relationships Between Local Farms And Local Cafeterias, So That Instead Of Frozen Mystery Meat, You Have Fresh Produce That's Coming From The Area That Has A Name And A Face Associated With It.

The Fear Of Murder Has Grown So Enormous In The United States That It Leaves A Taint, Like The Mark Of Cain, On Everyone Murder Touches.

The Golden Arches Are Now More Widely Recognized Than The Christian Cross.

Congress Should Ban Advertising That Preys Upon Children, It Should Stop Subsidizing Dead-end Jobs, It Should Pass Tougher Food Safety Laws, It Should Protect American Workers From Serious Harm, It Should Fight Against Dangerous Concentrations Of Economic Power.