Word: speciesism
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In basketball, if you can't put the ball through the hoop, you lose. Even small children and certain species of dog generally have a firm grasp on this self-evident truth.
According to various estimates, anywhere from 42 million to 60 million Americans consider themselves bird watchers--birders, to use the preferred term among the faithful. These people spend roughly $20 billion a year on items ranging from seed for backyard feeders to high-priced guided tours in pursuit of rare...
Kaufman attempts to resolve this dilemma by presenting photographs that he has digitally edited on a computer, using his vast experience in the field to render each bird image as accurately and typically as possible. The results are regularly clear, colorful and impressive. Those who want a single, near Platonic...
Taking a different approach, Sibley's guide is more exhaustive and, at least to new birders, more daunting. Sibley relies on his own often exquisite paintings to illustrate his book, but he is of course aware that individual drawings can misrepresent their subjects. So he offers multiple images of each...
Voters' consideration of the candidates should have included not only their positions on current issues but also their probable decisions on future ones. While we don't know for sure exactly what those issues will be, the signs are clear that we will face questions about genetic manipulation, cloning, euthanasia...