by Carl Howard | Jul 19, 2016 | Charity and Philanthropy, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
A prior post talked about the genuine cost of the upcoming NSW ban on greyhound racing. This got me thinking about public discussion of what job someone’s “entitled” to. Usually I’ve seen opinions about this fall closely towards one of these 3 (arranged from most to...
by Carl Howard | Jul 11, 2016 | Ethics, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
\Last week there was a rare bit of good news in Australian politics. After a review of the greyhound racing industry, the current (right wing) NSW government unexpectedly banned greyhound racing. Of course the industry will fight this big-time, but within my...
by Carl Howard | Feb 13, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
Some people celebrate Valentine’s day and some do not. Both categories of people though tend to talk about Their OpinionTM of the day. Every year, you will probably be able to find statements from both sides of this “debate” that are assholish, whether in meatspace or...
by Carl Howard | Jan 6, 2016 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Medicine, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
[CN: All the things] Dear noodly overlord, I know that 2016 has already started but you’re as generous as the FSMas season is long. I know that if you look at it from one way there’s never been a better time to be alive. Last year was the first year child mortality...
by Carl Howard | Dec 22, 2015 | History, Race, Resources, Food and Environment, Travel
One genre that does well online is photo-essays about food around the world. The food is often fascinating but the pieces can also elicit some interesting and simplistic reactions from the online audience. The form I’ve seen this take is people from wealthy...
by Carl Howard | Nov 3, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment
In a village north of the Longgang Zhen (the town) in Yangxin county. The hand-painted white text on the wall (below the pig-breeder’s ad) apparently threatens village women who’ve exceeded the two-child limit with tubal ligation. [CN: Reproductive coercion, crimes...
