Making the Connection … Taking a Stand (01/23/15)
Making the Connection … and then taking a Stand. “Living vegan is, first and foremost, a statement of opposition to bigotry. It is a bold, public stance against the broadly unquestioned ‘right’ of humans to confine, exploit and murder our nonhuman cousins. One person going vegan may not in & of itself solve the highly […]
Meet your milk … Meet my Friend (01/22/15)
Folks often tell me that they are eating less meat these days — and some even proudly state that they are going vegetarian. And to them all I answer twofold: first, I offer a sincere “Well done” for taking a step in the right direction … and second, I remind them that this step — […]
No one born a bigot … (01/19/15)
No child is born a bigot. Hatred and other degrees of applied ignorance are learned behaviors, and this is true whether the bias shown is tied to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation … or species. The good news is that, because bigotry must be learned, so too can it be unlearned. Even though we have […]
Standing tall for Justice … (01/19/15)
When we examine the not insignificant swath of recorded history occupied by our still-young species, there are a few men & women who cannot help but shine forth their Greatness … Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those Bright Lights. He shone forth Justice in a time of persecution … He shone forth Compassion […]
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