By Nov 10,2009

Do carrots feel pain?

Natalie Portman is giving up eggs and milk. She writes on HuffPo: Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist. I’ve always...

By Nov 09,2009

Justice, punishment and revenge

While I was in Savannah* my post on the death penaltykicked up a mild fuss. I thought it might — stridently worded missives calling for the implementation of government-authorized disembowelment...

By Nov 04,2009

And on that cheery note…

…I’m out for the week. Headed down to Savannah for a wedding. If anyone has restaurant recommendations or bar recommendations, I’m all ears.

By Nov 04,2009

Why I support the death penalty

From a New Yorker piece on America’s high murder rate: On July 23, 2007, authorities say, Hayes and Komisarjevsky broke into the Cheshire home of William Petit, Jr., an endocrinologist,...

By Nov 04,2009

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Great story about fisticuffs in the Washington Post newsroom. It’s a few days old, and I’m only posting it now because of this excellent post on the combatants from Gene...