Sorry for the light -- well, nonexistent -- posting today.

In lieu of deeper blogging, let me be a bit parochial and celebrate this bit of news:

Lawrence was deemed the most walkable city in the state and the 38th most walkable in the country in a ranking by Prevention magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association.

Oh yeah, baby.

What happens when experts take cost-benefit analysis too far? You get stories like this one: "Obesity more dangerous than terrorism."

When I was poking around the Web earlier for interesting takes on today's obesity topic, I sent an e-mail to my friend Mike Fumento, asking if he'd seen the L.A. Times story we linked to. Mike wrote an excellent book 10 years ago called The Fat of the Land, which was one of the first to tackle the politics, prescriptions and personalities surrounding America's obesity epidemic. He's kept abreast of the subject ever since. Here is Mike's reply, which he graciously gave me permission to post here