I Really Like Visiting Schools, But What

Students Can Do Experiments And Investigate For Themselves What's Going On In Restaurants, In Our Food System, And Begin A Process Of Learning.

Basically, I'm A Perpetual Student. I Start By Finding A Subject I Really Don't Know Very Much, But That I'm Curious About. I Learn About It Through Books In A Library, By Doing Interviews With People Who Know A Lot About The Subject, And By Going Out On My Own And Seeing For Myself What's Happening.

Marijuana Gives Rise To Insanity -- Not In Its Users But In The Policies Directed Against It. A Nation That Sentences The Possessor Of A Single Joint To Life Imprisonment Without Parole But Sets A Murderer Free After Perhaps Six Years Is In The Grips Of A Deep Psychosis.

One Might Expect That The Families Of Murder Victims Would Be Showered With Sympathy And Support, Embraced By Their Communities. But In Reality They Are Far More Likely To Feel Isolated, Fearful, And Ashamed, Overwhelmed By Grief And Guilt, Angry At The Criminal-justice System, And Shunned By Their Old Friends.

There's Been A Growing Effort To Kick Soda Out Of The Schools. And Governors As Different As Arnold Schwarzenegger In California And Mike Huckabee In Arkansas Have Worked Hard To Get Soda And Junk Food Out Of Their State Schools, Which Is Good.