A couple of days ago I decided to bite the bullet and get in touch with U.S. President Barack Obama. It wasn't him being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that gave me the audacity of hope to speak with him. It was an article in the Oct. 8 edition of the International Herald Tribune.
There, columnist Richard Bernstein reported on a speech Obama gave calling on Americans to drink less soda in order to decrease their sugar intake.
"There's no doubt our kids drink way too much soda," the president had said.