A bit of dark chocolate might sweeten your vision | E.j. Mundell

Credit: CC0 Public Domain April 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- It may not replace prescription glasses, but a few bites of dark chocolate might offer a slight and temporary bump up in vision quality, ne ...

Why are teens and pre-teens always on their phones? The answers will blow you away. | Mickey Z.

Tween Cell Phone Texting. By Carissa Rogers. Flickr/(CC BY 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 12, 2016 It ain’t exactly The Breakfast Club, but imagine a classroom filled with 12- or 13-year-ol ...

There’s no such thing as a vegan car | Mickey Z.

Tesla Model X by Steve Jurvetson derivative work: Mariordo (CC BY 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 23, 2016 When Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk tweeted about his preference for the “vegan ultra w ...

What if Hitchcock got it all backwards in 'The Birds?' | Mickey Z.

"The Birds" trailer screenshot. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 13, 2016 I recently revisited a 2011 study involving crows that proved -- yet again -- how hu ...

Dear world, I’m sorry for being such a vegan | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Kenny Vena Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 29, 2016 Hey, Mickey Z. here. Formerly known (on social media) as “Mickey Z-vegan.” You know, the keynote speaker each year at the Veggie P ...

What if plants have feelings, too? | Mickey Z.

Credit: Ryan McGuire Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 8, 2016 Just because I’ve chosen a plant-centered diet for more than two decades doesn’t mean I’m unable to entertain other perspectives. In fa ...

Activist wonders if he’s made a difference. What he discovers will break your heart | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 18, 2015 “Reading the news and it sure looks bad. They won't give peace a chance. That was just a dream some of us had.” (Joni Mitchell) I’v ...

Bacon, Cigarettes, & Vegans Being Vegan | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 3, 2015 While each of us tends to interpret mainstream news in a self-serving manner, this seems to go double for vegans and animal rights t ...

(Vegan) Food for (Healthy) Thought? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 7, 2015 “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of oth ...

The Sexual Politics of Meat: 25 Years Later | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. Interviews Carol J. Adams Aug. 28, 2015 “The heart-opening work of loving and responding with care to this fragile world and its inhabitants has shaped me as a write ...

Vegan Misanthropy is Speciesist & Ignores Patriarchy | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 20, 2015 Every now and then, goddesses help me, I make the rounds of high- and low-profile vegan and animal rights social media pages. Witho ...