As Christmas approaches, let's reach for meals that make us truly happy

A battle royale has been engaged by a mother who is seeking to prevent McDonalds from "luring" children and their parents from buying Happy Meals with toys.

Today's New York Times editorial rightly points out that parents are the responsible party for their children's diet. At what point, however, do states and the federal government have to intervene before a large percentage of our population literally explodes as if in a cartoon?

Says the editorial:

Here's a story I wrote for NCR titled: Rightsizing the church: physical accountability