Sep 21
I don’t like the term “moral schizophrenia” and I don’t use it. Maybe because I was raised by a therapist who specialized in treating people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), and…
Sep 18
Today’s question is: Are there too many people on the planet, or are some of them/us using far too many resources, and we would do just fine with 6.7 billion people if our (as in, most Americans’) consumption was decreased…
Sep 17
Eleni Vlachos of Porch Life Productions (and “Seeing Through the Fence”) is also a musician (she’s a singer, drummer and strummer in Beloved Binge). Check out Beloved Binge’s MySpace page, and particularly the song “I Don’t Like People.” I don’t…
Sep 16
I’ve mentioned Christopher Hitchens’ The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, but never did it justice. And I won’t now. But what I will do is say that the combination of essays (most were previously published, but the material…
Sep 14
Here’s the schedule for screenings of Seeing Through the Fence (and thanks, Bea). Next, there’s Food, Inc., featuring Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan, “along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms’ Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms’ Joe Salatin” (happy…
Sep 12
I couldn’t get this to post on a comment, and thought it was important. In case you missed it . . . I agree with Ta-Nehisi Coates over at The Atlantic: “Forget about moose-hunting and pipelines. You simply can’t be…
Sep 10
Okay, he didn’t really talk about animals. But he did, unfortunately, have the inability to refrain from answering the pitbull-with-lipstick call with his own dig at McCain’s talk of change by saying “You know, you can put lipstick on a…
Sep 9
Over the weekend, my husband reminded me of my success with converting Republicans away from eating animals. (I can’t say to veganism, as I think they are all still buying cars with leather interiors and wearing wool pants in winter,…
Sep 5
I received dozens of e-mails, and not just from Animal Person readers, asking what I think we should do about Matthew Scully and Sarah Palin (some people asked only about the latter and never heard of the former, but did…
Sep 4
I don’t know if all of you are aware that Matthew Scully, the Republican former speechwriter for George W. Bush, who resigned due to his animal protection views and went on to write the best-selling book Dominion, is the author…
Sep 4
pattrice jones is having a Carnival Against Vivisection and has asked us all to write about vivisection, particularly if we tend to focus on other issues as a rule. I came to animal rights because of three issues: seals, veal…
Sep 2
A regular Animal Person reader asked me a question that I thought I’d pass on to you (and I have permission to do that) about the word “vegetarian,” which he says “means anything and therefore nothing.” Here are some of…
Aug 29
There I was, listening to the local news while working yesterday (sometimes I keep the television on in the great room to distract the dogs from the sound of the neighbor’s dogs) and I hear the anchor woman say: “You…
Aug 28
Robert Cohen, of NotMilk.com, writes: Thanks to Rutgers University law professor Gary Francione for creating a work of art by combining my words with music and photographs. I’m sure we know what bunny thinks, as she brought this to our…
Aug 27
Edgar at Opposing Views contacted me a couple of days ago about posting on a couple of debates: Should we eat meat? and Should we have pets? I encourage everyone to comment or submit as an expert. I’d rather pose…
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