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Elephant in the savannah, in Namibia, Africa, concept for traveling in Africa and Safari
Elephant in the savannah, in Namibia, Africa, concept for traveling in Africa and Safari

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier” by having animals declared “persons” entitled to enforceable rights. The first cases involved chimps. The latest attempt involved Happy the elephant, a denizen of the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›
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Night view of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, United States
Night view of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, United States

Political Passions Threaten a New ‘Bleeding Kansas’

The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a warning that our national politics are careening out of control. Read More ›
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A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march

California May Soon Become ‘Gender Affirming Care’ Sanctuary State

California looks to be well on the way to passing a bill that would treat refusals to allow puberty blocking, transgender surgeries, or other forms of “gender affirming care” as akin to how the law now treats child abuse and abandonment of children brought from out of state. Read More ›
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A concept based on the Canadian healthcare system.
A concept based on the Canadian healthcare system.

Canadian Bill to Allow Euthanasia of Dementia Patients

The Netherlands and Belgium already permit people diagnosed with dementia to sign an advance directive ordering themselves killed when they become incapacitated. Read More ›
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Elephant in the savannah, in Namibia, Africa, concept for traveling in Africa and Safari
Elephant in the savannah, in Namibia, Africa, concept for traveling in Africa and Safari

Why Happy the Elephant Should Not Have Rights

Promoting the proper care of animals is a noble cause. But that is not what the legal effort to have Happy declared a ‘person’ is ultimately all about. Read More ›
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Robert Marbut and Bryan Mistele
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute

Robert Marbut on America’s Homelessness Crisis, Strategies for Uplifting the Homeless, and Effective Government Policies

Homelessness has reached crisis proportions. Few issues of human dignity are as heart wrenching as the wretched scenes in our most prosperous cities — San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle — where one can drive down main thoroughfares and be confronted with tent encampments lining streets that provide scant shelter for thousands of destitute people. The crisis is as Read More ›

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Top view of couple holding their hands
Top view of couple holding their hands

Prof: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

New York University environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo, co-author of Chimpanzee Rights (2018), sees human exceptionalism (the idea that there is something unique about human beings) as a danger to humans and other life forms. He does not think that we should necessarily prioritize humans over animals: Read More ›