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STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSSNESS ON TV

May 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Marsha, you write a lot about ‘The View’ a lot. Isn’t that on
during the day time? Hey, I work for a living. I hear about
‘The View’ by way of David Letterman’s wisecracks during his
monologue (I used to watch ‘Nightline’ but it has deteriorated
a great deal with celebrity stories and other fluffy stuff).
I only watch Letterman’s […]

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HORSE SLAUGHTER DEBATE

May 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Dateline: 5.13.07
Re: “They eat horses, don’t they?” May 13 Ed Quillen column.
Ed Quillen’s column about the slaughter of horses in the United States for consumption by Asians and Europeans was shocking. Is it “cultural arrogance” to stand by our companion animals and wild stallions? We keep dogs and cats for our pleasure. It’s our ethic […]

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ARE ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES EXTREMISTS?

May 19th, 2007 · No Comments

EXCERPTS FROM CHAPTER 1 OF TOM REGAN’S BOOK EMPTY CAGES
Tom Regan wrote the seminal work A Case for Animal Rights. He is a professor of philosophy at NC State and has written or edited more than twenty books and numerous articles on animal rights amongst his many other talents. Regan is viewed as one of […]

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