September, 2014
Vegan Men Say What? Comparing Human & Animal Slavery
“Negroes have no rights which the white man is bound to respect; they can be bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise, whenever profit can be made by it.” Who made this statement? If you guessed the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, you are wrong. These statements were made […]
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Summer Cooking Ideas: The Soup Is On | Vegan Summer Soup Recipes | Vegan Soupmaking
By Mark W. Reinhardt After last winter’s “Polar Vortex” everyone I know is grumpy, and asking the question: “When do we get spring? When do we get summer?? What ever happened to good old global warming???” Okay, so that’s three questions, but the answer to all of them is that hot weather is coming—you can […]
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Real Men Can’t Be Vegan? — Let’s Change A Myth!
This morning, I came across the Facebook exchanges of two women, who have recently committed to a vegan lifestyle, discussing why it is impossible to raise their sons as vegans. It occurred to me that this wasn’t the first time I had been privy to similar discussions. Just last week, my friend Jennifer told me […]
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Surviving the Holidays
By Gabrielle Allen. Perhaps you love the holiday season as much as I do. You delight in those decadent aromas of cookies baking in the oven; you take detours so you won’t miss the colorful garlands lighting up every street, tree and window in your neighborhood. You watch every holiday special and, yep, even hearing […]
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Cookie Dough, Cake Batter, and More!
The most important thing you should know about vegan baking is that you can eat as much raw cookie dough and cake batter as you want! No worrying about raw eggs and salmonella! Okay okay, so you probably don’t want to eat all the batter or dough because then you won’t actually have any baked goods […]
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Hawaiian Days
There’s no more exciting time during the week than Tuesday afternoon. That’s when the U.S. Postal person delivers the weekly supermarket sale circulars to my mailbox. As a vegan, I love to look at these to give me a sense of what mainstream folks are eating. Indeed, the front pages of these fliers are a […]
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Veganism and Christianity – Part II – Made In The Image of God
It seems appropriate that any discussion about veganism and Christianity should start with the story of creation from the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. We learn two things in Genesis 1:26. First, that God created humans in His “image.” Second, that God gave humans “dominion” over animals. This month I discuss what it […]
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Vegan Men Say What? Human Physiology 101
It seems like half of all Americans are on a diet. And the other half just gave up on their diets. The Paleolithic diet was Google’s most searched-for weight loss method in 2013. This weight loss plan is based on modern foods that mimic the foods consumed by our ancestors during the Paleolitic era. This […]
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Vegans Are What?
What is veganism? A diet? A lifestyle? A moral commitment? All of the above? Are there absolutes about veganism, or does everyone get to make their own rules? (Remember that guy you once met who swore to you that vegetarians eat fish?!) Are some people more vegan than others? Here’s a little test to see […]
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You Pick: Radioactive Seeds or Legumes?
As the age of 60 is on the near horizon for me, I have noticed an increased rate of prostate cancer in my friends and family members. What I find surprising is that people think that dietary change is more radical than having radioactive seeds implanted into their bodies. PROSTATE CANCER IN THE U.S. Prostate […]
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