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All God's Critters Got A Place In The Choir
The animal rights movement has come a long way since the 1970s when philosopher Peter Singer kicked off a wave of activism with his book "Animal Liberation". Just this year, Germany became the first country to include animal protection it its constitution and initiatives against animal cruelty are popping all over ballots in the US. But is it more productive to think in terms of "animal rights" or of "animal welfare"? We hear from Singer and from Michael Pollan, who recently published a response to Singer. Also, Mombasa, endangered pearl of the Indian Ocean, and the inner machinations of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back
Glenn Frankel, London bureau chief for the Washington Post, on British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's dossier on Iraq’s human rights violations
A New Train of Thought
Beverly Dolinsky, executive director of the MTA's Permanent Citizen's Advisory Committee, on the MTA's financial relationship to the state
Hakuna Matata No More
Giles Foden, author of Zanzibar (Faber & Faber, 2002) and The Last King of Scotland (Knopf, 1998), on the Mombassa that was
Animal Instincts
Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University and author of One World: The Ethics of Globalization (Yale, 2002) and Animal Liberation (Ecco Press, 1975), says animal rights trumps animal welfare
Animal Instincts
Michael Pollan, writer for the New York Times Magazine and author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View (Random House, 2001) says animal welfare is more important than animal rights
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Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.
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- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 4 (08/28/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3 (08/27/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 2 (08/26/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Business Connections (08/22/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: 1-2-3 (08/26/2008)