Each incremental victory at the state level, moreover, helps to prepare the ground for eventual broader reform, for at least two reasons. First, opposition based on the contention that same-sex marriage is an oxymoron is plausible only so long as … Continue reading
We believe a core, yet undervalued, intellectual activity of university professors is participation in advocacy. It the term “advocacy” has become pejorative, then perhaps academics need to better convey the importance of evaluating options in a responsible and accountable manner, … Continue reading
The Grumpy Vegan wrote about Angela Smith MP before. She’s the new minister for the third sector (NGO or nonprofit community).
Of course, no animal protection group does everything right, but most of the large ones are at least willing to evaluate their own efforts. When it comes to media outreach, PETA seems not to have changed much over the past … Continue reading
The Grumpy Vegan wonders if the campaign against fur is becoming more like the war against drugs: a lost cause. According to Gallup’s annual “moral acceptability” measure, updated in May, Americans have inched to the right on a handful of … Continue reading
The world, he writes in The Life You Can Save, “would be a much simpler place if one could bring about social change merely by making a logically consistent moral argument.” Have his views on the power of argument changed … Continue reading
