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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 Mr. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice. To the Editor: Nicholas D.

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them. We give them human names and provide them with the same amenities we enjoy as humans. What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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