Aug 23
The New York Times’ Nicholas D. Kristof frustrates me. His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. He comes so close to grasping the concept of justice…
Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google’s AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. We all know that the ads are generated by computer based…
Aug 6
We interrupt regularly scheduled deconstructing, editorializing, commenting and ranting to bring you a letter from John Perkins: Dear Friends Speaking of Democracy, Honduras, and President Obama. . . In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date),…
Aug 3
Bea directed me to the Animal Welfare Special Report at TheHill.com, in which Rep. David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand…
Jul 30
Jul 14
Derrick Jensen comes right out of the gate mentioning Hitler (as opposed to later as per Godwin’s Law) in “Taking Shorter Showers Doesn’t Cut it: Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change,” which might annoy some people. But what’s more…
Jul 4
This is coming very, very late, but part of why “Food Inc.” wasn’t impressive for me is because I’m not the target audience. I’d already read Pollan and Schlosser and seen “The Future of Food” and “King Corn.” And though…
Jun 30
In March of 2007 I wrote, “in a horribly-depressing vote of 198-138, New Hampshire’s House voted AGAINST a bill that would shut down live racing at its three greyhound race tracks.” E-mails were exchanged between yours truly and NH legislators,…
Jun 16
It never ceases to amaze me that people will get upset about the death of an animal whose killing was their job. This time, and thanks to a tweet from CaptainGraviton, it’s “beef farmer” Jim McDougal in Scotland. In “Cows…
Jun 3
I watched Flow last night and though I did know about the evils of water privatization in other countries, I had no idea that communities (Michigan is featured) right here in the US are fighting huge multi-nationals for their own…
Jun 2
Daniel Engber, senior editor at Slate, has posted the first of a five-part series about animals used for research. “Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science,” thankfully wasn’t called Pepper, the stolen dog that changed American science,” so that…
Apr 5
From Elizabeth Forel, of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages . . . On Friday, April 3rd, Montana Governor Brain Schweitzer returned House Bill 418 to the legislature with suggestions for amendments. The danger is that the amendments will be…
Apr 4
Stephanie wrote about horses dying across the pond yesterday. This morning I read that they’re dying here too, and those who defend thoroughbred racing might want to pay careful attention to who died and why. In “Prominent Horseman Faces Questions…
Mar 30
Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals’ 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign…
Mar 30
As you may know, I’m a writer/ghostwriter/editor. That’s how I’ve made my living for over 20 years. My clients have always been a combination of experts who already have book deals with large publishers, and entrepreneurs who say Why on…
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