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DORA MARKET....Sudarsan Raghavan produces a devastating story about the surge in the Washington Post today. The setting for his piece is one of the showcase neighborhoods that the military routinely shuttles its visitors through, and for the first time (that...

[Note: Shannon Brownlee is the author of the upcoming book Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer. She'll be guest-blogging this week on various healthcare-related topics.] UNKIND CUTS?....Last month Blue Cross put physician reimbursement cuts into...

LABOR DAY IN IRAQ....Ever since World War II, American labor unions have been instrumental in helping spread democracy and labor rights throughout the world. The AFL-CIO's Lane Kirkland, for example, was one of the first to recognize what was happening...

BUSH'S BRAIN....The Washington Post has more dirt from Robert Draper's new Bush bio, Dead Certain, today. Turns out Karl Rove didn't want Bush to pick Dick Cheney as VP but Bush figured it couldn't do any harm. Score one for...

HOUSEKEEPING NOTE....Starting on Monday, I'll be joined on the blog by Shannon Brownlee, author of the upcoming book Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer. Shannon will be guest blogging for the next week on various...

In response to the idea of knowledge animals, many tell me that knowledge sharing is an example of altruistic behaviour. Therefore knowledge sharing could not be explained well by the selfishness and drive to survive of knowledge animals. But is...

Though I am -a not very active- beginner, blogging does change my life (well, some aspects of it). I have this imaginary audience in the back of my mind since I started my blog. When I read a book or...

Knowledge animals may seem anti-social. We are not. Knowledge animals are programmed to seek company of others. Let me explain why I think so. The selfishness and proud of knowledge animals do not prevent them from socialising. The care for...

If centralised knowledge bases do not align with the 'natural' knowledge behaviour of people, say our knowledge animal behaviour, what does? I and my colleagues believe knowledge maps do. However, I/we see not just the positive side of knowledge maps....

I am aware that the metaphor of knowledge animals is not a theory, it is just a 'wild idea'. Nevertheless, it helps me and my colleagues (among others Lilia )to come up with explanations for several successes and -so to...

I decided to call Paul Shapiro for an unplanned podcast, even though development for Vegan.com’s relaunch is still underway. We discuss the cruelty investigation that occurred at the Hallmark dairy slaughterhouse, which generated massive media attention. The investigation led to a record 143 million pound beef recall, and a Congressional subpoena issued to [...]

While we wait for the relaunch of Vegan.com, which I hope to do early next week, here’s Paul Shapiro’s roundup of the fallout from the California slaughterhouse investigation: In response to the latest news stemming from HSUS’ dairy cow slaughter plant investigation, several newspapers have written editorials calling on Congress and USDA to fix the food [...]

Hey everyone — sorry it’s taking so long to relaunch Vegan.com. Getting the new system up and running has turned out to be a huge job, but I’m making headway. I expect the new site to be up soon. If you subscribe to our RSS feed, you’ll be notified the moment the [...]

It’s my final podcast of 2007, and I finish off this year with an informal phone chat with Paul Shapiro. We talk about the major wins for farmed animals in 2007, including the decision of Colorado’s pork producers to phase out gestation crates. But our main topic of discussion is how you can [...]

Here’s the first of two podcasts to close out 2007. I end today’s show with my lengthy reading of Matt Ball’s wonderful vegan activist essay, “A Meaningful Life.” But before that, a quick roundup of the news. I start by mentioning a lawsuit filed by two California raw-milk dairies against the [...]

NORFOLK - An 11-month-old German shepherd mix puppy named Buddy, who authorities said was beaten with a baseball bat two weeks ago, is on the road to recovery, and was expected this week to be given over to the care of the town’s animal control officer for the foreseeable future.

The scene over a decade ago was ash and destruction when the Redmond meat-packing plant was burned to the ground.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's $2.2 billion wool industry rejected calls on Thursday to immediately stop a "barbaric" practice of cutting away loose skin from sheep to stop maggots, saying there was no workable alternative.

As alarming as the video may be, PETA members said this type of treatment of animals happens all over the country.

On Monday we told you about a Flash game designed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to parody the virtual cruelty the company saw in Majesco's Cooking Mama gaming series. Capitalizing on the opportunity for free press, Majesco has issued a response.