Jul 25
Thanks, once again, to James LaVeck and Jenny Stein of Tribe of Heart for kindly and carefully bringing attention to what should be a stunningly-obvious moment of hypocrisy by groups that exist to advocate for and save animals. I understand…
Jun 12
Last night I watched 2009’s “The Road” (based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, which I haven’t read), a post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive. They’re trying to get to the coast and then go south,…
Mar 10
SHAC 7 Trailer from Sparrow Media on Vimeo. I credit Will Potter as the catalyst for shifting my focus away from critiques of other activists and activist groups (particularly his post, “While the Government Continues Attacks on Activists, Animal Rights…
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…
Dec 15
Karol Orzechowskiof Animal Voices (who interviewed yours truly back in July!) created the following film for your viewing, um . . . for your viewing. I don’t want to comment right now except to say that there are no graphic…
Nov 13
Last week I ventured a couple of hours north to see Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home at the Orlando Film Festival. The turnout was fantastic and the Q&A had to be cut short so the audience for the next film…
Oct 25
From the makers of Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home is finally here! After a successful world premiere screening at the Moondance Film Festival in Boulder CO, where our film won the “Spirit of Moondance” Best…
Sep 22
Did you ever wonder why people become subjects in a documentary when they know that they’re going to look like fools? Or maybe they don’t know that, and that’s why they participate. Either way, there are many cringe-worthy moments in…
Jun 29
Other than being a vegan, the most important actions you can take to help animals who are used for food are: Give generously to organizations that help those sentient nonhumans directly, such as Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, Maple Farm Sanctuary, Poplar…
Jun 27
(Sigh.) Here’s the idea you have to get used to when it comes to Food Inc.: One message is that there’s nothing wrong with eating animals, and in fact it’s fantastic and thrilling and a win-win-win (people-planet-profits) when you eat…
Someone on Twitter said The International was the best film he’d seen in years. I think it was in theaters here for all of a week, which is a good sign, as the better a film is, the shorter its…
May 29
Food, Inc. was at the Delray Beach Film Festival last weekend, about 30 miles south of me. But I wasn’t. Nothing about its “Alliances” (or it’s “Issues”) screams vegan, or even whispers it, but I shall reserve judgment. If more…
May 26
From today’s Publisher’s Weekly: In January, Meredith Corporation quietly launched Mixing Bowl, a social networking site about cooking. Emphasizing user-generated content, the site invites home cooks to exchange recipes, share photos, participate in contests and post messages. The site is…
Mar 24
Late last night I received this message from Jenny Stein . . . I’m concerned about Maple Farm Sanctuary, whose founders are two of the seven subjects in our new film, and I was wondering if you’d be willing to…
Mar 12
First I have to again say that Peter Singer was influential in the veganization of Mary Martin: in my evolution from cat person to animal person during my college years. For me and my delicate, cat-person sensibilities, college was a…
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