In case you haven’t heard of him, Tom Regan is a philosophy professor at NC State who has been one of the most important and compelling advocates for animal rights in the academic world since early on in the movement. His clarity of expression and his passion for the subject make his thinking accessible to … Read more »
Dan Mathews’ book, Committed: A Rabble Rouser’s Memoir, is finally out, and it kicked off with a great piece in USA Today this morning. Our Dan has been working a very long time on this book, so it’s really gratifying to see it get such a great reception all over the place. This thing is … Read more »
Chimps share 96 percent of their DNA with humans. There is a groundbreaking legal case happening in Austria right now, in which a judge is being asked to rule on the “humanness” of a chimp—specifically, over whether he deserves a legal guardian. The animal in question is called Hiasl (pronounced Hazel). He was born in … Read more »
I just started reading this hilarious blog called Teddy Wisdom. Heard of it? I’ve been passing it around the office, and my friend Joel has launched a new, albeit fictional, PETA entity called PETSA: People for the Ethical Tretment of Stuffed Animals. In other urgent Internet news: PETA is an answer to a question in … Read more »
