Jun 15
I approached the essays in Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? with an open mind and discovered that I couldn’t disagree with the notion that being against nonviolent direct action (that includes property damage and sabotage) is speciesist. As Kevin Jonas writes…
Jun 14
I had a tough time with the horse slaughter ban, as it’s not as if it’s going to stop anyone from using horses, and it could make their plight even worse because they would simply be transported to Canada and…
Jun 13
I’ve got myself a Gray Matter in Mark Bittman’s “Putting Meat Back in its Place.” Similar to “Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler” from January, his modus operandi is: there are many reasons to decrease your consumption of animal products (actually, he says…
Jun 12
The pro-Greyhound racing people are very much like pro-mushers, with their “they love to run” mantra. A mean-spirited, semi-rational person ranting about Porphyry’s comment about breeding being the problem, asked me how I would feel when there were no more…
Jun 11
I’d like to draw from yesterday’s comments for today, as I know not everyone finds comments enthralling, particularly if they’re not personally involved. On “On the Two Prongs of Welfare Reform Consideration” (refresher: 1-is it really a reform; and 2-is…
Jun 10
First, I am disconcerted to report that my Barnes & Noble sold out of The Compassionate Carnivore in 24 hours. No, thanks, you don’t need to special order one for me. Oh, they’ll be more in next week? I’ll come…
Jun 9
I have a question for all of you mental health professionals (it’s 6am, otherwise I’d call one that I know): What’s the term for someone who claims to love someone but kills them, claims to suffer gravely each time she…
Jun 8
If you haven’t seen Will Potter’s talk at the University of Washington Law School, it’s a must see if only for one passage at the end: Regardless of how you feel about these tactics–I think there’s a time and a…
Jun 7
There are few things more tragic to me than when someone almost takes his thoughts to their logical conclusion, falls short, and then appears to think he’s onto something really big. Allow me an example to elucidate using Peter Thomas…
Jun 6
Earlier this week, Scott left the following comment on Cyrano Interviews Steve Best: I’m wondering if you could discuss the means by which you resolved the question of whether welfarist reforms can lead to abolition. This is a current “Gray…
Jun 5
I guess I’m going to have to buy The Compassionate Carnivore and review it myself rather than continue to write about what a ridiculous notion it is and how delusional its author, Catherine Friend, is. I’ll purchase it from Amazon,…
Jun 4
Someone keeps sending me links to the Manhattan Bird Club forum. I’m not complaining; there are few things I appreciate more than blog ideas by well-meaning readers. Check out this series of posts: #52, which reads (in part): Let me…
Jun 4
If you haven’t heard, Peaceful Prairie’s “Milk Comes From Grieving Mothers” ad and their “Can You Tell the Difference” ad (free-range vs. battery hen) will be in tomorrow’s LA Times! The ads will reach nearly 900,000 households, and I’d like…
Jun 3
Charles Hobson Booger III and Violet Rays aren’t names you’d ever see in a sentence with the word “snuggly,” just as Mary Martin isn’t a name you’d see in a sentence with the words “good photographer.” Nevertheless, I did manage…
Jun 2
“Throughout the whole of the industry, there’s 30 million of these chicks and the males do not produce eggs and we can’t get an economic cent (?) out of them so unfortunately they are depleted.” “Now this is standard to…
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