I’d prepared myself for the fact that, while in Germany, I wouldn’t be able to adhere strictly to my vegetarianism. If Peter Singer can talk approvingly about a “Paris exception,” then surely I can invoke a “Berlin exception.”
As it happens though, when I was in Wittenberg today (about which more anon, perhaps) I ordered a [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Vegetarian homesick blues
Posted in Personal, Travel, Vegetarianism/veganism on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wm. F. Buckley, RIP
Posted in People, Politics on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoyed his writing even though I dissented from his brand of conservatism, and he always struck me as an honorable and charitable fellow. For better or worse, he hugely influenced American politics. RIP.
Holy pizza!
Posted in Food, Personal, Travel on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I went to a pizzeria near the Pergamon musem in Berlin called “Twelve Apostles.” Each pizza is named after one of the apostles: I recommend the Tomasso (Thomas). It has bell peppers, zucchini, onions, and hot peppers. Though my guidebook says that the Judas is possibly the most delectable.
Two on animals from the WaPo
Posted in Animal Rights and Issues, Economy, Food, Politics on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Factory farms may be exempted from emission rules
A debate over culling elephants in South Africa
After Iraq
Posted in Politics, War & Peace on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Bacevich on the search for post-Iraq principles for US foreign policy (via Gaius).
A CDU-Green coalition?
Posted in Politics on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, this is only really interesting to me because I’m in Germany at the moment, but the recent elections in Hamburg have fueled speculation that there could be a coalition between the conservative Christian Democratic Union and the Greens. As a kind of Christian-conservative-Green myself, that piques my interest
Did the surge work?
Posted in Iraq, Politics, War & Peace on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Kinsley says nuh-uh.
Pray for Derek
Posted in Blogs and bloggers on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re the prayin’ kind. Bitten by a brown recluse! Speedy recovery, Derek!
