A Meaningful Life, A Better World

The British grocery chain Tesco created this ad for their plant-based sausages. The National Farmers Union President Minette Batters says ...

A few weeks ago, New Scientist published a bad letter to the editor regarding the healthiness of organics. In the latest issue, they publish...

Sweet potatoes, tea, bananas, peanuts, yams, cranberries, cherries, and ... beer -- all are transgenic plants. That is, they have genes from...

From the 538 newsletter: Nearly 1 in 5 names Ohio had planned to purge 235,000 voters from its rolls last month. Only problem: almost 20...

Climate Change LGBTQ Rights Reproductive Rights Gun Control Health Care Cruelty to Animals Income Inequality Military Spending All these is...

Earlier, I found that David Wallace-Wells book The Uninhabitable Earth was off the rails by page 8. But I wanted to see if he redeems hims...

The fantasies that some fancy form of animal ag can "save the world" is such crap. Peel away all the atmospherics, this article s...

Reading my social media feed, I'm left with two impressions: 1. Veganism is taking over the world. 2. We're all about to die on a...

There are some people, like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro, who I think very actively cause more suffering in the world (and, sadly, are e...

Here are 12 maps that you can watch change over time. (1)  Extreme Poverty (2)  GDP per capita (3)  Population (4)  Child Mortality (5)  ...

Huzzah for California (eventually) allowing (some) college athletes to get paid . This is obscene. But it shows our priorities!

Facebook says I have nearly 2,000 "friends." Whuhhh??? But seriously, on a separate topic, this month is our 27th anniversary....

As always, click for larger. I heard David Wallace-Wells on Ezra Klein's podcast talking about his book, The Uninhabitable Earth . I...

Some people think, "I have suffered, so I don't want anyone else to suffer." Some people think, "I have suffered, so I w...

If you are writing or speaking about global warming (or plastic pollution or gun violence or health care or anything) and your main message ...