As I begin the promotion of my new book, I Will Not Eat Crickets (my first in the United States), I am delighted to see that the best campaign is being waged against me by those to whom I declare…
In a little-noticed presentation on Dec. 9, 2023, at COP28 in Dubai, a panel of soil experts presented the case for cows as climate allies, not gas-spewing destroyers. The event, titled “Conscious Livestock Rearing and Soil Health,” discussed “animal rearing’s…
For some reason, a lot of conservatives have a knee-jerk negative reaction to lab-created meat. I checked the writings of the likes of Edmund Burke and John Locke and found nothing on this. Likewise with P.J. O’Rourke — though doubtless,…
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men, recently met with China’s President Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Diaoyutai state guesthouse. Xi greeted Gates as “an old friend of ours” and said that he welcomed Microsoft…
Billionaire Bill Gates funds the world’s largest mosquito factory in Medellín, Colombia — which is part of the World Mosquito Program — and releases “thousands” of altered mosquitoes per week using gelatin capsules, drones, and motorcycles. The World Mosquito Program’s…
Bill Gates has written about the pandemic again and it reads a bit like a pangolin explaining Chinese communism. I mean, he knows what he’s talking about. That’s why it’s all the more interesting to delve into his strange writing,…
I have vegan friends. Actually, I don’t, but I remember years ago, when, to get someone to listen to your anti–gay marriage opinion, you had to open with “I have a lot of gay friends, but…” Postmodern courtesy. The truth…
If I’m to be entirely honest, 2022 wasn’t that bad really. But I can assure you that, given the choice, I wouldn’t pay the entrance fee again. The last year that was worth it passed years ago. Maybe 1984, when…
Sophisticated market economies require their participants to possess increasingly specialized skills. Gone are the days of polymathic craftsmen and service providers; the “barber-surgeon” of the Middle Ages is no more. As modern economies have grown larger and more complex, the…
Monkeypox. Unbelievable, are we really talking about monkeypox? I now live in fear of pelican mumps, wasp measles and, above all, rhinoceros piles, which are particularly devastating. Be that as it may, there are already cases in the United States…