Keith Richards’ Tips for Healthy Living

I’ve always been fascinated by Keith Richards, a man noted as much for his ability to survive massive long-term drug abuse as for anything he’s done with the Rolling Stones. Here are some great Keith Richards quotations just published by the New York Times: “When I was a junkie I used to be able to […]

Animal Agriculture: The Teflon Industry

One of the main themes that runs through my writing concerns animal agriculture’s ability to evade responsibility for the massive harm it creates. Whether it’s worker exploitation, animal abuse, food safety lapses, or environmental hazards, we constantly see animal agriculture getting a free pass for all the damage it inflicts. And it’s happening yet again; […]

The Brady Bunch, Bin Laden, and the Vegan Terrorist

I hardly know where to begin, but let’s start here. I admit it. I used to watch The Brady Bunch when I was a kid, and I often wonder how much smarter I’d be today if I wasn’t exposed to that brain rot as a child. I’ve got the sense it probably had a comparable […]