Mar 11
William Horden’s, “The Sacred Space of the Shared Heart” is exactly the type of piece I am talking about when I express frustration over “spiritual” people who kill nonhuman animals or who have them killed for a meal. “My father…
Feb 26
I’ve been having a difficult time blogging both here and at Animal Rights & AntiOppression lately because I feel like my thoughts are like “Groundhog Day.” Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and…
This morning I posted “On California’s Animal Abuse Registry Proposal” over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression and welcome any discussion about it. I should be able to watch the press conference about the bill this afternoon if a conference call…
Feb 19
Today’s New York Times gives us Adam Shriver’s Op-Ed “Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free,” which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain…
Feb 14
Deb wrote “Do Food Miles Matter?” after reading “Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, by James E. McWilliams last month. Shortly thereafter she visited and brought me the book, and as a…
Feb 13
This week I asked “Is this ‘War’?” over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression and I welcome comments (and will respond to the current ones shortly). I also saw two items of particular interest to the mission of Animal Rights and…
Feb 6
When we left off, the New York Times’ Roger Cohen had eaten dog while in China, and wasn’t thrilled about it emotionally. Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. He…
Feb 5
“Dog Days in China” is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. But it’s also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of…
Feb 2
Angus sent me a link to “Animal Parts: High Style of Just Plain Beastly” wherein Zosia Bielski reports that “hipsters are going whole hog, donning road kill as accessories and cow hooves on their feet.” Several designers, one of whom…
Jan 27
I’ve been blogging here less partly because I’ve been blogging at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (check out my latest post “On Corporate Personhood and Animal Rights” and the better-than-the-post comments) but also because I’ve been feeling like a broken record…
Jan 23
A couple of years ago I catalogued the dozens of excuses/rationalizations from well-meaning, compassionate people about why they eat animals, and all fell into one of six categories: It’s what god wanted (and other versions, such as: That’s why they…
Jan 20
We have a request, and it’s an issue I’ve written about a handful of times but never had this particular question answered by readers: How do you talk with your vet–who is against feeding your dog vegan food–about your choice…
Jan 18
In “Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes” in the Environment section of today’s New York Times, Leslie Kaufman reports that American households have become a battleground for beliefs about the environment. While no study has documented how frequent these clashes…
Jan 11
“On Atheism and Veganism” created what was for the most part a respectful, interesting discussion that brought up a couple of items I’d like to clarify or explore. First off, I began the post with, “For me, atheism and veganism…
Jan 6
My life-as-a-tweeter is less and less significant these days. It’s just not all that interesting to me. Something about jockeying for position in 140 characters or less, rather than interacting and sharing, I guess. I did tweet about “Scientists Say…
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