A Day of Blessings and Sacrifices
If you were a goat this weekend, would you want to be Christian, Jewish or Muslim? Answer: Definitely Christian – at least for today. And definitely…
Don’t Say ‘Meat’; Say ‘Protein’
The $325,000 Burger
Soy – the Good, the Bad and the Poisonous
Blessings Galore at St. John the Divine
Of Chickens, Gays and the Arizona Legislature
We were a motley crew, to say the least. And we were laughed right out of the Arizona State Legislature. It was 1978, and we weren’t…
Does Religion Trump Animal Protection?
Denmark has been much in the news over the killing of Marius the giraffe in a Danish zoo. But not much has been said about the…
Meet the (Brain-Dead) Press
Various blogs, including this one, have noted that the Sunday morning network news shows have been devoting no more than a few minutes each year to…
The Pope’s Doves of Peace Release
Prophecy buffs are all a-twitter over Pope Francis’s somewhat bungled doves-of-peace release this week. Was it, they wonder, a sign of apocalyptic times?
Abortion and Factory Farming
Can you truly be “pro-life” if you patronize the factory farms? And, the other way round, can you truly call yourself an animal rights supporter…
How the Zombie Invasion Might End
If you’re panicking over the continuing zombie invasions that threaten to wipe out humankind, take heart. Nature may have a solution.
Are You a Martian?
Mars today, and how it may have looked in its early days with what astronomers believe was a large northern ocean. Ladies, you may not,…
The 4,000-Year-Old Bog Man
Somewhat off topic, but anyway. These are the mummified remains of a man who was uncovered from a peat bog in Ireland in 2011. It now…
Zoo Owner: "Abolish All Zoos!"
Damian Aspinall wants to put himself and his two zoos out of business. Better yet, he wants to put all zoos out of business. The owner…
James Gandolfini’s Last Supper: Foie Gras
James Gandolfini’s family quoted his autopsy as saying that the 51-year-old actor had “died of a heart attack, of natural causes.”
But there’s nothing “natural” about dying of a heart attack when you’re 51 years old. Especially when you read what Gandolfini had for dinner the night he died.
Don’t Say ‘Meat’; Say ‘Protein’
Is the very notion of “meat” becoming so icky that food companies are getting worried about saying the very word itself? According to Businessweek, Taco Bell…
Congressional Cave of the Week
All it took was one letter from the meat lobby – and Congress caved. In keeping with a growing number of institutions that promote “Meatless Monday”…
James Cameron’s Vegan Epiphany
I’ve had an epiphany recently. I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and…
For the Love of Sloths
Monique Pool has up to 200 sloths at her sanctuary home in Paramaribo, Suriname. Outside of the city, the rain forest is being bulldozed for cattle…
Out of the Mouths of Babes …
Six-year-old Luiz Antonio struggles to understand how animals ended up in his dinner.
Is Michele Bachmann a Weredog?
Just wondering . . .
Why You Lie Like an Ape
Next time someone catches you telling a small fib, just explain that, as one of the great apes, it’s just part of your cooperative nature. After…
The $325,000 Burger
Meat cells being grown in a petri dish The inventors of the first laboratory-grown meat are gearing up to unveil their creation in a few weeks…
"My Fellow New Yorkers and Animal Lovers …"
It was like one of those early Republican primary debates where all the candidates try to outdo each other in terms of how many assault weapons…