Horses

Would You Invest in a Zebra?

Loral Langemeier | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living


Loral Langemeier

There are two ways to invest: horses and zebras. Horses are obvious. Zebras are obscure. To my amazement, many investors choose to invest in zebras. Not me. I am in favor of horses.

Black Cowboys Teach Inner City Kids Horsemanship, History

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact


Kids from rough areas in New York City have found a home away from home on a 25-acre ranch in Queens, CNN reported Tuesday. Since 1994, the Federati...

So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).

Eating Animals: Jonathan Safran Foer's New Book Asks Why Don't We Eat Pets?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books


Rabbi David Wolpe

Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is a triple marvel: the research is serious and far reaching, the writing clear, clever, accessible and in a few instances graphically ingenious, and the cause is genuinely important.

Unplugged, Saddled Up, Recharge: My Techno-Kingdom for a Horse

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Karen Stabiner

The easy unplug is this: No devices while eating, period, ever, end of sentence, non-negotiable. The more challenging and glorious unplug is...

Protect NYC'S Carriage Horses (PETITION)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Impact


New York City is considering a bill, Intro. 653, that some believe will severely compromise the care of the city's carriage horses since it takes away...

What We Can Learn About Working With People From Working With Horses

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

No one wants to be forced to do anything or dominated or made fearful or intimidated or coerced. No one. Not a horse, not a person.

Outbreak Of Horse Slaughters Have Miami-Area Owners On Edge

AP | SARAH LARIMER | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green


MIAMI — Someone is killing the horses of Miami-Dade County. Since January, police say at least 17 horses have been butchered, their carcasses l...

Michael Jackson's Rented Womb Deborah Rowe Had Big Tax Lien, Weirdly Unfinished Website

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment


Lee Stranahan

Florida investigator, author and owner of the site WebOfDeception.com Joseph Culligan has turned up a few tidbits on Debbie Rowe, the (ex-wife in name...

Small Good News: A Horse Plus A Child Equals Progress, And You Can Help

Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living


Karen Stabiner

Imagine for a difficult moment that your young son, who is autistic, does not talk. His silence is so absolute that you begin to think he cannot talk...

Lucky Finds Her Prince Charming in Prince Harry

Wendy Diamond | Posted 07.03.2009 | Style


Wendy Diamond

Lucky and I dropped by the New York League of Humane Voters City Council event and listened to politicians jockeying for top-dog positions.

Memorial Day Prayer to Charlie and Buffalo Bill

Deanne Stillman | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green


Deanne Stillman

In 1887, a troupe of horses crossed the Atlantic, sailing out of New York harbor as excited crowds looked on.

Moonlit Path: Queen Elizabeth's Racehorse Fails Drug Test

The Independent | Posted 06.08.2009 | World


By Chris McGrath Even Eden had its serpent, and yesterday the racing authorities twice introduced a sombre note of vigilance to an afternoon that oth...

How to Pick and Bet on a Kentucky Derby Winner

Don McNay | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business


Don McNay

When I go to the track, I don't look at the racing form, jockeys, past history or pick horses with funny names. I usually win enough money to pay for lunch.

Traditional Marriage and the Straw-Horse Argument

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Jane Minogue

"If we change traditional marriage, it's a slippery slope," said the man at the table next to me. "Soon we'll have people marrying animals." I'm not aware of any man-horse association that's lobbying Congress or state governments to allow bestiality.

Pharmacy Made Mistake In Drug For Polo Horses

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.24.2009 | Home


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Unable to legally bring a supplement into the U.S. to make their horses more resilient, a Venezuelan polo team used anot...

A Queen for Today!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.22.2009 | Style


Michael Henry Adams

Still reigning, still smiling, after 56 years! The Glorious Queen Elizabeth Rose Who has worked harder or better, and so long, at a tiresomely t...

21 Polo Horses Die At Florida Match

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green


WELLINGTON, Fla. — Ladies in their spring dresses and men in casual linen suits sipped champagne and nibbled hors d'oeuvres as they waited for t...

Hannah Montana: The Movie (3rd draft, by Tom Stoppard)

Spencer Green | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy


Spencer Green

Hannah: Staring at these grazing ungulates, I question my own identity. Are they better off masticating the dew-flecked herbage below them, unaware of the charnelhouse that awaits?

Investing in the Animals' Future, and Our Own

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green


Michael Markarian

We've seen time and time again that the animals' fate is intertwined with our own, and that addressing animal welfare policies helps to safeguard all of us.

Concern for Ponzi Ponies

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


Vicky Ward

For all those worried about the hundred or so valuable show ponies stabled in North Salem by alleged fraudster Paul Greenwood and his wife Robin, here's an update.

The Seven Great Challenges of Sustainability

Tri Robinson | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green


Tri Robinson

I had always thought of the Amish as being a people who weren't troubled with the cares of the outside world, especially those that were living as sustainability as this family clearly was.

Horses Out of the Gate Quickly in 111th

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

Every month, thousands of horses are crammed into trucks and shipped hundreds of miles to Canada and Mexico. There, they are slaughtered for food exports to Europe and Asia, where horse meat is considered a delicacy.

The Luckiest Horse in Reno: A Christmas Story

Deanne Stillman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Home


Deanne Stillman

When the men approached, the black foal might have been nursing. Or she might have been on her side, giving her wobbly legs a rest, leaning into her ...

Ted Stevens Juror Lied, Left Trial To Go To Horse Races

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and fle...