Conspiracism on Social Media

In the past I’ve lamented the apparent flourishing of pseudoscience in the vegan community: anti-vaxxers, mistaken beliefs about GMOs, belief … More

Bad Excuses: Personal Choice

I’ve written before about how veganism is not simply an opinion, as some wish to paint it. Animal cruelty is … More

I’ve written before about how wonderful it is that we can enter restaurants — at least in most major cities … More

My impression is that the “what do we do with the leftover cows?” question-turned-argument has been increasing in popularity, so … More

Most of us have a desire to make the world a better place–or, at the least, to depart from it … More

One characteristic of a dogmatic belief system is that its members find themselves on a perpetual quest for purity. The … More

As I mentioned previously in a piece about Joe Rogan’s struggle with vegans, I recently watched his somewhat-new standup special … More

I’ve written at length about the shortcomings of veganism: it promotes essentialist thinking; it’s prone to an arbitrary prohibition on … More

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. That’s the Eighth Amendment … More

A friend once took issue with my “Love animals, don’t eat them” shirt, stating without a hint of self-awareness that … More