I cheered when I learned of First Lady Michelle Obama’s new initiative, aimed at the mounting epidemic of childhood obesity. Let’s Move is a major breakthrough for government to address obesity’s systemic causes. Up until now, we’ve held the absurd expectation that we can address a nationwide health crisis by expecting individuals one-by-one-one to deploy willpower to fight off an avalanche of subsidized, cheap and harmful foods, made palatable by food scientists, and proffered by multi-million dollar ad campaigns. Thank you, First Lady, Michelle Obama. This is what accountable, proactive government looks like. Read More→