For the last two years, I’ve broadcast a Martin Luther King Holiday special on WKNH, the Keene State College radio station. The segment that always gets the most listener comment is the little-known story about how King actually became an … Continue reading
I recently posted Andy Davison’s op-ed for the Poughkeepsie Journal, entitled ‘A Change in Iraq Means Reconsidering the Logic of Force’. In it he expressed skepticism about President Bush’s plan for a surge of troops, and suggested the alternative of … Continue reading
A note from the executive director of H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. Bottom line — AOL and other internet service providers are blocking human-animal studies elists. cheers, Bill ~ Dear H-Net subscribers: A very serious situation has arisen in … Continue reading
As a boy studying Buddhism in Tibet, I was taught the importance of a caring attitude toward others. Such a practice of nonviolence applies to all sentient beings – any living thing that has a mind. Where there is a … Continue reading
Bekoff, Marc (2007) The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy – and Why They Matter. New World Library. Based on Marc Bekoff’s years of experience studying the social communication patterns of a wide … Continue reading
A Communion of Subjects is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of the conceptualization of animals in world religions. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including Thomas Berry (cultural history), Wendy Doniger (study of myth), Elizabeth Lawrence (veterinary medicine, … Continue reading
