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Who's Forcing Them?

Ted Koppel, newscaster, was born in England.  Koppel lived through the ferocious bombing during World War II and was used to food shortages and rationing.  When Koppel came to the United States, the first advertisement he remembered hearing was about overeating.  
"Who's forcing them?" he asked his mother.


It is remarkable the number of ailments that comes with prosperity.  In poverty, there seem to be far fewer.  Without giving up all that we have, what can be learned?

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