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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals applauds the efforts of those district attorneys and animal control officers who are enforcing the law against those few chefs who continue to flout it. Foie gras is the diseased liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through pipes shoved down their throats.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing. I understand that this is common in many media style sheets (looking at you, New York Times), but they should be capitalized in a bird book. There are a few items I need to nitpick about.

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