Southern hospitality

I spoke today for the Rome, Ga Rotary club. This is an organization of about 200 business leaders committed to improving their community.

They provided lunch, and I knew I was south of the Mason Dixon when I saw what they were serving: black-eyed peas, corn bread, green beans, catfish, and blackberry cobbler.

There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.

What I appreciated about them is that, like people from San Diego to New York City to Omaha, they recognized the importance of improving our "culture of health".

We could talk about molecule micromanagement until you fall dead asleep, but that would do precisely nothing to help fix our health problems. It is better to emphasize the root causes, which stem from our errant culture of health.

The more we say it, the more it will seep into our consciousness — and then have an impact.

The lunch was great. The group reception was warm and gracious. It was a good day.

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