Dec 8
Next year’s Mind and Life Conference is called “Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences.” Here’s a quote from the homepage of the conference’s site, CompassionEconomics.org: “The ongoing global financial crisis shows clearly…
Aug 8
Finally, it arrived–a medium-size bag (4.4lb for $22.95 + shipping) of Ami vegan cat food (via Vegan Essentials). It was with some trepidation that I opened the bag and offered chunky Emily some of the animal-free tasty morsels. And to…
Jul 8
Here’s a Gray Matter for you (or maybe not): A humane society near me is doing a cat- and dog-adoption promotion this month. You can adopt a dog for $75 rather than $100, and if you adopt a cat for…
May 17
Do you agree with the New York Times’ William C. Rhoden in “The Case for a Second Chance for Michael Vick?” And I’m not just referring to Vick here. Let’s deconstruct the concept: Do you think that people who have…
May 9
My self-appointed job in this blog is to think critically about how our human lives intersect with those of sentient nonhumans, in action and thought. Yesterday I received an e-mail alert from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) regarding…
Apr 25
I have fed Charles Hobson Booger, III and Violet Rays every type of diet from raw (as in, turkey necks and chicken backs) to pre-made raw (comes in patties with greens and bones and supplements in it), to homemade vegan…
Apr 24
Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority, mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I’ve often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance…
Apr 22
So this was in my e-mail box this morning. Now what? How ridiculous is it that “On the Psychological Continuum,” to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella’s Fur Den? The ads…
Apr 17
In “Big Food is Copying Big Tobacco’s Disinformation Tactics, How Many Will Die This Time?” Fen Montaigne writes about the similarities between how big food is denying its negative impacts on health to how big tobacco did the same. What…
Apr 14
There is a profound difference between what Sea Shepherd does and what the Animal Liberation Front does, but there are also similarities, and those similarities increase in number if a direct action by the ALF (or anyone else) is an…
Mar 14
I keep thinking: Okay, I have experienced enough to write a thorough guest post for Stephanie at Change.org on feral cats and TNR. Then something else unexpected happens. I think I have to just write the post and leave it…
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…
Florida’s legislative session began last week and some rather odd tax exemptions are now under review including: nets used by commercial fisheries; generators used on poultry farms; fuel used to heat the huge warehouses in which chickens raised for meat…
Feb 23
I wrote a guest post about diabetes in “pets” at Paw Talk called “Lessons Learned” which was published over the weekend. I think it’s important to reach out to the pet people, as many have already demonstrated their desire to…
Feb 15
Here’s a question from a new-ish reader. Chime in with your thoughts and help Newish Reader work through the issue. I’ve been vegan almost 2 years and . . . I consider myself probably an ‘abolitionist’ but I’m still learning…
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