We live in a world of profound contradictions. Some things are just unbelievably strange. At times I feel like I’ve found a way to adapt to the weirdness of the world, and then along comes something that just boggles my mind. The largest grassroots breast cancer advocacy group in the world, a group called “Susan […]
John’s Blog
What’s Left When The Money Is Gone? — San Francisco Chronicle interviews John Robbins
Reprinted from the San Francisco Chronicle: The original article. I have to admit that I sometimes find it hard to sustain compassion as the financial bad news keeps flooding in. So many sad stories, so many lives derailed … in some cases destroyed … by a few (I hope it’s a few) peoples’ greed and […]
The Pig Farmer
One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman—and I use that term, gentleman, frankly, only because I am trying to be polite, for that is certainly not how I saw him at the time. He owned and ran what he called a “pork production facility.” I, on the other hand, would have called it […]
Is There Slavery In Your Chocolate?
Chocolate. The very word conjures feelings of pleasure, sensuality, and the richness of life. The scientific name of the tree from whose beans we make chocolate, likewise bespeaks the depth of feeling human beings have always had for chocolate. It is Theobroma cacao L. The name of the genus, Theobroma, comes from two Greek words: […]
What About Soy?
In recent years, I’ve received quite a number of requests from people asking for my views on soy products. Many of these inquiries have mentioned a stridently anti-soy article written by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, titled “Tragedy and Hype,” that has been widely circulated. This article presents a systematic series of accusations against […]
