Thursday miscellanea #282

Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was cited this week for stealing $32.72 in crab legs and crawfish from a Tallahassee-area Publix. Write your own joke. So, with the odd break in the week generated by the weather, we didn’t get the garbage to the street this morning. It’s Thursday, but it … Read more

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

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