Getting Them Young...

College and post-grad students are joining the swelling ranks of food stamp applicants.

And a related story from Salon.com, detailing 'hipster' couple Gerry and Sarah's big city smorgasbord of mint chutney, roasted rabbit and gourmet ice cream on food stamps.

But these aren't your parents' food stamps. In 2008, the Department of Agriculture renamed the food stamp program Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance (SNAP) and issued electronic debit cards instead of coupons. That way, people like these poor hipsters won't have to suffer the indignity of taking food coupons up to the cash register.

But maybe that's the idea.

A Teachable Moment On The Moral Hazard Of Taxpayer-Funded Healthcare

"I don't want any lectures about my cholesterol." And with that, the Professor-in-Chief sat down yesterday in Savannah, Georgia to a meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, creamed corn, biscuits, corn bread, turnips, green beans, BBQ pulled pork, blueberry pudding and banana pudding all washed down with tall glass of Southern sweet tea.

This, despite advice to the contrary last week from his physicians, as well as a growing body of medical evidence suggesting that African American men are 25%-30% more likely to die of heart disease compared to their non-Hispanic, white counterparts.

Let them eat corn bread!

No Thanks, I Just Lost My Appetite

Iron Chef America has announced a surprise ingredient that I just can't stomach.