The writing’s good and the piece flows nicely, but the authors missed a potentially interesting and important wrinkle. Being based in DC, do they not already know that PCRM isn’t an organization of physicians? Indeed, the Physicians Committee isn’t even a committee. Some would even say that it isn’t responsible. First and foremost, PCRM is an advocacy group for animal rights and against the use of animals in research and education. Readers of this article should have been made aware of that fact. Indeed, the authors could have asked Dr. Barnard how it is that he can advocate for “healthy school lunches” at the same time that he advocates against supporting research aimed at advancing children’s health by such organizations as the March of Dimes (see the PCRM website). And while they were at it, the authors could have asked Barnard to explain exactly what it is about Jasmine’s school lunches that aren’t healthy – besides the fact that they don’t include vegetarian or vegan offerings. Does Barnard actually believe that non-vegetarian meals aren’t healthy, or is it that he believes that they are immoral?