As Suein Hwang, opinion columnist on the New York Times observes,  “Someone mistreats a dog and we’ll call 911. But if a company tortures millions of hogs as a business model, we dine on its products, invest in its shares and honor its executives.”

“The discrepancy is so stark,” Peter Singer, a moral philosopher, told me. “People are horrified by the very idea of eating dogs, but pigs are just as intelligent and make fine companions, too.”   As the article says, we draw a distinction between dogs and farm animals that is difficult to find a moral basis for.  opinion today.

Oh dear, I just read that some fish appear to have some level of consciousness!

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Reports on the troubled male-female relationship:

Though ballot measures to enshrine abortion rights passed in a handful of states in this election, the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade remains on the books, making abortion inaccessible and pregnancy far riskier in large swaths of the country.  In the last year alone there has been an explosion of young women who say they are deleting dating apps, whose market value has plummeted; female celebrities (among others) who have taken vows of celibacy or identify as “self-partnered”; divorce memoirs by older millennial and Gen X women expressing profound disillusionment with heterosexual marriage; and trends like “boysober,” which preaches the virtues of “decentering men” to focus on self-improvement and platonic relationships.

Gay stamps   “This early glimpse into our 2025 stamp program demonstrates our commitment to providing a diverse range of subjects and designs for both philatelists and stamp enthusiasts,” said Lisa Bobb-Semple, Stamp Services director for USPS, where “diversity” will no doubt be under fire under the incoming administration.— WordPress 

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