Collecting My Thoughts

Before firing people or putting them in jail for using the wrong pronoun for a guy who's feeling girlish today, or maybe “theyish” tomor...

“It is no longer controversial to say that the United States food system does not support a healthy diet . Junk food is extraordinarily pa...

“I grew up in communist Cuba. I remember standing in lines to get food and my mother holding her little card that allowed for our rations. ...

  "The study, published online August 14, 2017 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that food purchases paid for wi...

I met this young woman on Facebook, don’t remember exactly how, but I’ve enjoyed her posts over the years.  I’ve also seen photos of her bea...

If you read any article by the poverty pimps or academics in the USA, the same case is made. We don't give enough money to the poor to b...

A very nice cookbook you can download. The idea is tasteful, healthy meals on $4/day, although SNAP was never intended to be the full budget...

This should be Obama's standard for SNAP--not how many people he has added, but how many don't need it anymore. During the last ...

• Jobs: Ninety-two million Americans are out of the workforce . • Health Insurance: Five-plus million Americans who had health insurance...

I saw a discussion of food stamps (aka SNAP) at NPR where the liberals were arguing that cheap processed food was cheaper than healthier ite...

Both liberals and conservatives have ideas about people on food stamps that need adjusting.  If you volunteer at a food pantry you'll se...

Only 11% of funding in the farm bill goes to farm policies.  More than 84% of farm bill-related spending goes to food and nutrition programs...

Banks and retailers make a lot of money from poverty, but not in the way you might think. The unemployment figure is not that much higher th...

The 1996 Welfare Reform was working. More people had jobs; the government got more taxes; families had more hope. BUT. That made fewer peo...

Increased deficit? Loss of religious freedom? Increased health care costs? Expanded war zones? More people on food stamps? Loss of pre...

I noticed this disclaimer on a private, non-governmental website encouraging people to sign up for government benefits. There are two ways ...

The man in front of me at Panera's today (fabulous bakery items, in case you've never been there) was buying a delicious selection o...

Whatever happened to Food Stamps? George Bush's administration didn't invent "politically correct," but they certainly gre...

The Thrifty Food Plan The Thrifty, Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans each represent a nutritious diet at a different cost. Th...