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
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
On Wednesday, Georgia governor Nathan Deal signed the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014 into law. The law greatly expands where Georgians with concealed carry permits can carry a gun, including bars, churches, school zones, government buildings, and even some parts of airports. Critics of the law have called it the “Guns Everywhere” law. That … Read more