3 September 2009: Male Chicks, Beware!

The Associated Press reports that it has obtained a video which shows workers at an egg hatchery in Iowa tossing live male chicks into a grinder because “they can’t lay eggs or be raised quickly or profitably enough for meat.”  Hmmmm. Animal rights groups should advocate outsourcing the industry to India or China, where males…

Remembering Imelda

Imelda is a he, not a she. The first thing the puppy did in the house was to chew up my Italian shoes, and so I decided to name him after Imelda Marcos. He figures prominently in my play FIGURES IN CLAY. Here are three excerpts from the play. DAVID: I bought a dog today.…