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...