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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2): We disagree with your contention that the First Amendment protects animal “crush” videos. Stevens , the Supreme Court last year overturned a 1999 law banning depictions of animal cruelty on the grounds of overbreadth. The justices were legitimately concerned that the law could impede valid speech. In United States v.

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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. ’ Since these boxed informational sections are not listed in the table of contents, this is the only way to find them apart from browsing. I also love the design of the book itself, credited to Kate Basart of Union Pageworks.

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