We all know that keeping a healthy weight is good for your health but it is good for the wallet as well. A news report from US News and World Report states:

medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone at a healthy weight, according to a study published today in the journal Health Affairs. As obesity rates continue to increase, so do many of the chronic conditions that go along with obesity: heart disease, diabetes, cancer. These conditions age us more rapidly and shorten lives.

Legendary television anchorman Walter Cronkite has passed away at the age of 92. Cronkite had been in ill health for recent months as he was battling a long a long undisclosed illness Conkrite served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81) and often earned the title in opinion polls as "the most trusted man in America" .

Obama fires him...and he retires...with....what?