Author: Roland Halpern

Roland Halpern 
Last September, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Animal welfare tops the ballot for many voters.” At its conclusion I speculated: “It is therefore not a far stretch to conclude pet owners will vote for candidates that share their values when it comes to protecting animals.” 
There is now some evidence supporting that hypothesis.…

Roland Halpern In the third century B.C., Aristotle’s description of man as a “political animal” may have been the start of incorporating animals and animal references into politics. In addition to elephants and donkeys representing political parties we refer to politicians and the political process with terms like “lame duck,” “dog whistle,” “pork barrel,” “bellwether,”…