On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, I was a guest on the Brian Oxman Show. You can listen here. ********** If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it’s also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence to yourself. The World […]

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The Vegan Society has obviously gotten a significant critical reaction to its explicit rejection of veganism as a baseline moral principle as represented in its “You don’t have to be vegan” campaign. The Vegan Society has been going in the wrong direction for a while now. In 2011, the Society banned me for promoting veganism […]

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This has really been the year for strawberries. We have had a bounty of beautiful, organic strawberries. This is one of the recipes we have recently enjoyed. Yield: 6 scones Ingredients: 1½ cups strawberries, stemmed and cut into small pieces 2 cups all purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar 2½ teaspoons poppy seeds 1 tablespoon baking […]

Some welfarists say that welfare reform will help animals because reform causes a price increase and that decreases demand. This position shows that welfarists do not understand the economics of animal agriculture or of welfare reform. Since most welfare reform campaigns address inefficiencies in the production process, many welfare reforms increase production efficiency so production […]

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Last week we left for our summer abroad… stopping in one of our all-time favorite cities, Boston, along the way (Fun fact: Scott and I lived in Boston for about four years when I attended law school). Boston is a beautiful city with a spirit and prid…