The phone call I dreaded woke me up at three in the morning. A doctor on duty at the Animal Medical Center, Dr. Worwag, very gently tried to break the news to me: Stumpy, my 15-year-old orange-coated cat, a character known and loved by many faithful readers of this column, was not going to make Read More
Just how much should one love animals? As much or more than people? If less, how much less? Is the love of animals equivalent to the love of humans; is it more or less selfish? These are questions I wanted to raise at a recent PEN book group forum at which three other writers (Dale Read More
This week, I want to pick a fight over cats and dogs. Cats versus dogs. O.K., it’s a bit of a departure from the high seriousness of my recent columns on Shakespearean exceptionalism. But I believe, in at least a half -serious way, that there are important truths that need to be examined, some myths Read More
