Singer, the primary founder of animal liberation, thinks there is no important distinction between humans and animals, so approval of human-animal sex has always been implied in his work. His review includes a detailed discussion of chickens that readers may be eager to skip. Runner-up in the category of worst prose about animals came in a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The group wrote to the warden of the Indiana penitentiary where Timothy McVeigh awaits execution, asking that the final meals of the Oklahoma City bomber be vegetarian. Feeding inmates bean burritos rather than baby back ribs might just help break the cycle of violence. . . .
Nonviolence begins in the kitchen.
The belief that eating meat causes anger and violence is a standard notion on the cultural left. Homosexuals hold their own graduations at 18 or more colleges. At the University of California-Los Angeles, the Lavender Graduation will be on June 16. Each new grad will wear a rainbow tassel. The commencement speaker hasn't been picked yet, but in the past, Ellen DeGeneres's mother spoke.