Tuesday, January 21, 2003

That dang conventional wisdom!
In USA Today, Dave Moniz and Tom Squitieri reveal Front-line troops disproportionately white, not black
The American troops likeliest to fight and die in a war against Iraq are disproportionately white, not black, military statistics show ? contradicting a belief widely held since the early days of the Vietnam War.
and at Townhall.com, Rich Lowry has the skinny on America's overweight poor:
The problem with America's poor kids is that they're too fat. Few policy-makers are willing to say this rather obvious truth, which is why America's nutritional programs are caught in a 1930s time warp that amplifies the chief health problem facing poor children -- namely, that they're overweight.
Who'd a thunk it?