Cruelty Against Animals

En Duffboy el 2008.05.28

I wrote a blog entry today, on Primer Intento (my semi-spanglish blog), about how slacktivism can cast a shadow on real issues, and I’m not quite satisfied yet. I felt embarrased, when last weekend I attended a demostration against a circus that features wild animals, and a member of the media asked me: "Do you have any proof of animal cruelty against this circus?" I could not answer yes, so what was I doing there? It was not a complete waste of a saturday morning, though, ’cause...

En El Aljibe Letrado el 2008.01.16

Por James Wood There are people who think of J. M. Coetzee as a cold writer, and he might agree, or pretend to agree. ?If he were a warmer person he would no doubt find it all easier: life, love, poetry,? he writes of himself in his memoir ?Youth.? ?But warmth is not in his nature.? The protagonist of Coetzee?s new novel, ?Diary of a Bad Year? (Viking; $24.95), is, like his creator, an aging South African novelist resident in Australia, who muses at one moment that his father surely thought him a selfish...

En Dondequiera el 2007.09.09

When it comes to bad publicity, Puerto Rico often suffers many self induced black eyes. Sometimes it just seems that we just can't control ourselves in our attempt to soil our reputation. However, recently Whoopi Goldberg attempted to sully our reputation in comparing the actions of suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick with cockfighting in Puerto Rico. How dare she! Doesn't she know that Puerto Ricans are the only ones who can embarrass us in front of the world? Thanks to Literanista for bringing this to...

En Osdia el 2007.08.28

Access Hollywood comenta que puede ser que la demanda que tiene Britney por el abuso hacia sus hijos puede ser levantada, ya esto podría ser todo un revuelo si se demuestra que Kevin, o Britney han hecho algo por el estilo, donde pondrían a muchos testigos a declarar y sería una verdadera batalla. La Sociedad para el Cuidado de los Animales de los Ángeles ha recibido un palo, y es que el veterinario que atendió a London afirma que el perrito recibió la atención médica adecuada para la lesión que tiene en...