Sep 19
You may recall that today is my self-imposed deadline for my abolitionist pamphlet. I am proud to say, that as someone who is probably clinically obsessive compulsive and has never been late for an appointment or missed a deadline, I…
Sep 18
Today’s photo is of my niece Grace at the wedding I went to outside of Asheville, North Carolina last weekend. It was at a ranch and I was bracing for the worst and was pleasantly surprised. Though there were horses…
Sep 17
Here’s the deal with Asheville, which is by no means fair as I was there for four days: some fabulous vegan restaurants; non-vegans, at least who work in restaurants, know what a vegan is; and when you go to a…
Sep 16
I’m at the rehearsal dinner for Dave’s cousin and my mother calls: “Did you hear? Did you hear about the horse in Central Park?” “Um, no mom, I’ve been kinda busy.” “There was some accident and the horse either died…
Sep 15
Yesterday, two things happened in addition to Violet coming close to death while I was 770 miles away: 1. Dan reminded me of something I haven’t heard in a while, but is very important to address: that we are “imposing…
Sep 14
I was driving to Asheville, North Carolina yesterday, so I missed all the fun. I would like to clarify and reiterate a couple of issues. Boyd begins the discussion thinking I’m focusing on the wrong argument: I draw the line…
Sep 13
Vegans are frequently met with non-vegans who claim we think we’re morally superior. I don’t recall ever telling someone I’m morally superior. But when I remove myself from the equation (tough to do, but stay with me) and I look…
Sep 12
You wouldn’t think Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s 10 Survival Tips & Tactics for Eating Veg in a Non-Veg World would have been in any way controversial. But it certainly has generated some interesting discussion. Perhaps my favorite comment so far was by…
Sep 11
Our photo today made me cry when I saw it on the Internet. That’s my Violet Rays in 2002, I think, during her 2 1/2 years of racing in Oregon and Florida, after being bred and trained at a greyhound…
Sep 10
First, go to Invisible Voices and learn who took this photo and why this gorgeous boy was killed on a Sunday morning in early June. Here’s a hint: It involves tax dollars. Next, PETA’s blog featured Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary yesterday…
Sep 9
The pamphlet I’m composing: Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, what you need to question isn’t for you. Sorry. It’s for someone who thinks vegetarians eat chicken, vegans are communists, all animal rights advocates belong to…
Sep 8
(The NYT inadvertently presents a great argument for not allowing people to own horses.) Earlier in the week, the New York Times ran a story about how badly the carriage horse are treated, by their owners. If that’s not a…
Sep 7
You have three missions for today, should you choose to accept them: Go to the amNY website, which published the article about the audit of the horses in New York City that wrote about yesterday. There’s an opportunity to vote…
Sep 6
I lived in New York City (downtown, but still) as an adult, spent my young adulthood there, and visited the museums with my parents as a child. And I’d move back to Manhattan in a nanosecond if it weren’t for…
Sep 5
I realized in all the brouhaha in the last 48 hours, I neglected to address (in more than a comment) the most common arguments that those who like to stalk and kill sentient beings use to rationalize how they spend…
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