The latest news on Climate Change/Energy Bill, Health Care Reform, Massachusetts Health Care, School Nutrition, Evangelicals and Republicans, Pope on Markets and Morality, Honduras Coup, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Israel, and Select Op-eds. | Sojourners

The latest news on Climate Change/Energy Bill, Health Care Reform, Massachusetts Health Care, School Nutrition, Evangelicals and Republicans, Pope on Markets and Morality, Honduras Coup, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Israel, and Select Op-eds.

Honduras coup. “Soldiers stormed the presidential palace in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa at dawn Sunday and forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica.”

School nutrition. “It didn't seem like a radical idea at the time. First, Ginger Gray, the food service director for Kenton County, Ky., schools, took away fried potato chips, offering students baked versions instead. Next, she phased out fruit drinks such as Kool-Aid in favor of 100 percent juices.”

Iran. “More than 2,000 Iranians have been arrested and hundreds more have disappeared since the regime decided to crush dissent after the disputed presidential election, a leading human rights organization said yesterday.”

Quote of the day. “There are so many competing interests at work now, 24-7 — whether it’s the people who want the governor to stay, or people who want him to go. It’s as rough as I’ve ever seen it — it’s mean, the long knives come out at night.” Katon Dawson, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, on the political jockeying over the future of Gov. Mark Sanford. (New York Times)

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