Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead

I’m reading an article about multi-drug resistant “superbugs” like MRSA, etc. Of course these quotes struck me, “We’ve created a petri dish in our factory farms for the evolution of dangerous pathogens” and “The researchers developed a mathematical model that suggested that the impact of the transmission of these bacteria from agriculture may be more significant than that of hospital transmissions.” I knew that the use of antibiotics in industrial farming had severely diminished the effectivenes… Continue

So...I have to be honest. PETA, ALF, the like, make me a little nervous. Noam Chomsky has basically said that civil "disobedience"/uprising, etc. is the only thing that is going to change anything. I agree to an extent. But I feel that peaceful protest ala gandhi, mlk jr., mandela, etc. has been most effective. I just don't want to be marginalized. If we want to bring our issue to the mainstream, we cannot scare people with our tactics. For instance, I did the animal rights walk in buffalo a c… Continue