I’m sure there was a moment in your life when you realized that you didn’t believe what the adults were saying. Perhaps they were big and you were small, but suddenly you knew that they were wrong and you were right.
There’s nothing unusual in this moment when we step back and separate our own wishes from those in control. To create our authentic self, each child has to make decisions about accepting—or rejecting—the right of others to control our lives. It is through these small acts of rebellion that we gradually become adults. ~Jonahan Twelve Hawks, Against Authority
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The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal
The America of 1960 was healthier than the America of 2025 because they lived in an environment that did not conspire against physiology.
Independent Medical Alliance Sep 17
By IMA Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Varon
Originally published by The Brownstone Institute on 09/16/2025
Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, the families queuing for fast food, the crowds rushing past. You are looking at a country that our grandparents would not recognize. In less than three generations, the very shape of the American body has shifted so dramatically that what would once have been regarded as rare or concerning is now routine. Airplane seats have been widened, retail clothing racks have been extended, mannequins have been reshaped, and soda cups have been enlarged. Entire industries have recalibrated to accommodate a physiology that is neither healthy nor sustainable.
Yet our cultural ...
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