Articles by Benjamin Sylvester

I recently watched “Dead Poets Society,” one of my favorite movies, in honor of Robin Williams. His character, Mr. Keating, famously asked the boys to…

Nobody likes to argue, but when you’re wrong, you’re wrong! Of course, there are many ways to be wrong when we argue, and we call…

Hear ye, Kantian fans! Hear my maxims! Deontological ethics, or the study of the nature of duty, is a form of normative ethics that stands…

Have you ever been the butt of a joke? The victim of hounding and bullying? Did your best friend poke too much fun this time?…

This column, entitled “Mull Over That,” (although grammatically incorrect since the article is “this article” and is right here, right before your eyeballs as opposed…

You know the times “they are a-changin’” when you can eat vegan in a desert. I spent the last week in Las Vegas for co-op,…

So, when do you make the old switcheroo from a meat-reduced diet to a fully plant-based diet? Say you have cut out red meat from…

It is no surprise that you might think a date with, let alone being near, a vegetarian or vegan would be a long guilt trip…

We all have those moments, whether because of allergy or philosophy, when we ingest something we didn’t intend to ingest. My sister is sensitive to…

A new study published in Climatic Change, titled “The Importance of Reduced Meat and Dairy Consumption for Meeting Stringent Climate Change Targets,” indicates the ……