Tornadoes? Floods? They’re just red states. What’s the big deal?

We’re just through our first tornado outbreak of the season. It was certainly nothing like 2011 in terms of widespread death and destruction, but there are still about three dozen people dead, with considerable property damage. We also have massive flooding on the Gulf, with damage comparable to a hurricane strike in some places. Some … Read more

BoWilliams.com On Dominion Over Animals, Part V: Chickens and Eggs

When we start talking about animals, our relationships with them, and our responsibilities to them, then factory farming is eventually going to use up a lot of the oxygen in the room. Guess we better start talking about that. Remember, I’m not an “animal rights” guy in the way you thought of when I used … Read more

You disagree? You disappear

My back-and-forth on Twitter yesterday with a stereotypically sanctimonious Christian has me thinking about a recent conversation with my friend Paul. Paul and I are both former denizens of Usenet, and hsv.general in particular. Many of us hsv.generalites would habitually joke about the state of our discourse. We were legendarily argumentative. We’d go for weeks. … Read more

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