Listening to Julia Sweeney’s “Letting Go of God” for a bit of thought-farming on the relationship between imagination and science. […]
backyard chickens, food, sustainability
Hardcore eggs
Leslie Halleck is a horticulturist and general manager at North Haven Gardens in Dallas who blogs at growLively. Today she […]
cognition, death penalty, morality, psychology, relationships, sexuality
Some random musings on “forever”
When I lived in Denmark, a friend told me that no one there receives a prison sentence longer than fourteen […]
LGBT, politics, racism
What basis for equality?
Cross-posted from State of Formation. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out […]
animal rights, farming, food, morality, sustainability
Wow
That’s all I can say at the moment– just, wow. From Casaubon’s Book, an excerpt from a post entitled “On […]
animal rights, bias, food, freedom of speech, LGBT, morality, religion, sexuality, sustainability
Some thoughts on “opting out.”
To return to a Michael Pollen note for a bit (sorry), I came across a section of Omnivore’s Dilemma today […]
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On stupidity compounding tragedy
I love Popehat. They’re certainly a brash bunch, but when there’s a spade around that needs to be called a […]
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Examining some gut reactions
I’m going to attempt to write this post, and then see if I’m too biased to even finish it. You […]