{"id":6691,"date":"2010-04-21T02:29:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/2010\/04\/america-the-overweightamerica-the-overweight-ctd-the-daily-dish-by-andrew-sullivan\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T02:29:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T09:29:15","slug":"america-the-overweightamerica-the-overweight-ctd-the-daily-dish-by-andrew-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattcastille.com\/me\/2010\/04\/america-the-overweightamerica-the-overweight-ctd-the-daily-dish-by-andrew-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"America The Overweight\n\t\t\n\t\tAmerica The Overweight, Ctd – \n\t\t\n\t\tThe Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alex Tabarrok posts the above picture of “Chauncy Morlan (1869-1906) who, because of his ‘freakish’ weight, people once paid good money to see as he toured Europe and America with the Barnum & Bailey circus” and asks:<\/p>\n

What would the circus goers of 1890 have thought if they were told that in the America of 2010 Chauncy Morlan would be unremarkable?<\/p>\n

[From America The Overweight, Ctd – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan<\/cite><\/a> ]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex Tabarrok posts the above picture of “Chauncy Morlan (1869-1906) who, because of his ‘freakish’ weight, people once paid good money to see as he toured Europe and America with the Barnum & Bailey circus” and asks: What would the circus goers of 1890 have thought if they were told that in the America of … Continue reading America The Overweight<\/p>\n

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