While watching Oprah's April 4 expose on puppy mills - a show that she dedicated to her beloved dog Sophie - I thought about all the darling dogs who've shared and enhanced my own life. Muffin, a treasured terrier...
While we still have a long way to go before we adhere to the environmental mantra, “Make every day Earth Day,” most people now realize that their individual choices impact the entire planet. They are more aware of their consumer habits—and are trying to...
Despite Ben Bernanke’s assurances that the nation is not headed into a recession, many people remain worried about their financial future. Wholesale prices of raw materials, including food and fuel, continue to...
When
I started writing this article, it was 74°F in Norfolk, Va., unseasonably warm
weather for February, when temperatures usually dip down into the 20s and 30s. The
thought of warmer wintertime temperatures is tempting, but the threat of
floods, melting ice caps,...
On February 13,
during a Congressional hearing on performance enhancing drugs, Congressman Bruce
Braley, a Democrat from Iowa, asked Roger Clemens if he had ever been a vegan. Clemens replied, “I don’t
know what that is. I’m sorry.” I can’t imagine how anyone...
The Food and Drug
Administration recently declared that meat and milk from cloned cows, pigs and
goats and their offspring are "as safe to eat as food from conventionally
bred animals." That's like saying that brand A cigarettes are as safe to
smoke as brand B....
David Tyree may have been the star
of the Super Bowl, helping the New York Giants beat the previously undefeated
New England Patriots, but in my eyes, Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Tony
Gonzalez is the biggest NFL...
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, now comes the alarming news that killer bugs have made the leap from hospitals and nursing homes to playgrounds and locker rooms. According to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MRSA, an...
The 31st annual Great American Smokeout is November 15. Unless they’ve been living under a rock, smokers know that cigarettes are bad for them and for the people and animals in their homes. But not everyone realizes that smoking harms animals in laboratories too. Dogs,...
Every year, millions of frogs, cats, mice, rats, worms, dogs, rabbits, fetal pigs, and fishes are used in classroom dissections. With each animal they slice open; students learn to disrespect and devalue other sentient beings. Biology is the study of life and young people...
Many people believe that cows are sacred in India—that they spend their days lying in the sun and grazing on grass, worshipped by everyone around them. But if you take a closer look at the lives of draught cattle...
Truemors
Will the 'Oprah Effect' send puppy mills packing?