Dec 20
Because there are only 5 comments, it might be nice to go on over to Huffington Post’s “Vegan Holiday Baking Projects” article and have a say. Why the heck they’re called “projects,” I’ll never figure out. If they were nonvegan,…
As you may know, Deb Durant of Invisible Voices takes gorgeous photos and decided to create a calendar for Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Maryland, where she volunteers weekly. The project was a labor of love and Deb is donating…
Dec 11
First, I have no (good) excuse, but I meant to link to Adam’s “Ten Questions: David Cantor of RPA” last month, and, well, I didn’t. But I’m doing it now and I hope that counts for something. Here are some…
Dec 8
First, Rich (of Smoke fame) reminded me that there will be a vote and conference about the Humane Education resolution by the NYC Council on Dec. 16th. There is a law that “requires instruction on the humane care and treatment…
Dec 6
Because of the story about Rich and Smoke, a FeLV positive kitty who lived in his bathroom for a while (as to not cause a problem with his kitty, Beanie), in addition to the commencement of Project Treadstone, I’ve been…
Dec 3
I wrote about Bush pardoning intentional coyote killer and accidental bald eagle killer, Leslie O. Collier, on Surreal Speciesist Sunday. A similar pardon went to Milton “Kirk” Cordes, a member of Dakota Safaris, which is a private big-game hunting operation….
Nov 30
One Leslie O. Collier, recreational murderer of all types of sentient nonhumans, was pardoned by President Bush for killing two bald eagles decade ago (here’s the article from today’s New York Times). Mr. Collier’s crime was unlikely and, he said…
Nov 27
As you may know, I’ve been blogging daily, usually about our relationship to nonhuman animals, but sometimes digressing wildly to address religion or god (or the dubious existence thereof), since May 22 of 2006. Like most vegans over 40, I…
Nov 22
I was going to write about Thanksgiving but, really, what’s there to say that would be interesting or different at this point. Americans will pay to have tens of millions of one kind of sentient nonhuman slaughtered for one meal….
Nov 20
FROM LAST NIGHT, BUT I FORGOT TO POST IT. The luncheon was what I expected. All four of the kittens available for adoption were adopted (the non-black one went first, of course), I believe, and that’s great. Martinis and wine…
There’s a lot of chat, here and elsewhere about direct action and what it is and whether it includes violence (and if so, what’s the definition of violence, anyway?). Enter the latest AK Press catalog that was in many of…
Nov 17
The documentary I’m working on about the plight of youth who have aged out of the foster care system and the various ways we can help them was on a bit of a hiatus. Now I know what it means…
Nov 11
“Great Apes Debate Leads to EU Testing Ban Proposal” (Reuters) begins with: “Europe’s environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind’s closest relatives — chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans — in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs…
Nov 10
I was going to challenge myself this morning and not look first to the New York Times for an article or opinion piece to deconstruct, but I was feeling lazy (drank some wine last night after a crazy day). Never…
Nov 9
Reuters’ “Steep Food Price Increases on Way: Experts” (yes, that really is the title) does something I haven’t seen before, and I wonder if the reporter, Charles Abbott, even realized he was doing it. He equates animals with food, but…
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