The other day, I was listening to my favorite podcast, hosted by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. The topic of this particular episode was about down and feathers -- as in your down coat, your down comforter, pillows, feather boa, even your seemingly innocuous feather duster. It's an area of animal exploitation...

Recently I've heard some perplexing criticisms of veganism. They go something like this: vegans are extremists, vegans are so preachy, veganism is like some fanatical religion, veganism is a cult.. There obviously is some misunderstanding going on and I'd like to try and stamp out this issue once and for...