Monday evening roundup

Where your tax dollars are going.

Hilton Als takes much more minor issue with "For Colored Girls;" most of the article is about Shange herself.

The Sanctimomy epidemic is rooted in competition, as well as people's insecurity about their choices.

Fast food is gross, but you can lose weight on a junk food diet, if you mind your portions. That's not all that surprising, but I'd be concerned--as they are--about other health issues.

Although this is ostensibly pro-herbivore, it's a very incomplete analysis. First of all, in the pros, there's no mention of environmental issues. And it irks me to no end when people say that vegetarians have to take care to get their nutrients, because so do meat eaters. And none of that stuff is naturally occurring in meat and dairy anyway.

On that note, a frustrated vegan mom vents--with some possibly useful links and other suggestions.