I guess it's good that McDonald's is putting fruit in their Happy Meals, though I'm more excited that they're reducing the portion size of their french fries. I think making people think before making that second order of french fries is a really good thing.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.