So a journalist by the name of David Wallace Foster died yesterday. Hung himself, it seems. Apparently that’s a big deal, though I’ve never heard of the guy. But in his various obits being posted, they keep linking to his apparently famous Consider the Lobster article for Gourmet Magazine. I like lobsters and good journalism, so I read it. And as far as I can recall, I haven’t read a more concise and honest essay on the ethics of eating other animals anywhere. It’s a phenomenal article, without a hint of preachiness or even much of a position, really. Just a meditation on our place in the food chain.

I’m feeling all proud and ambitious after recently taking home a few awards in national and state press competitions and am planning to apply for an opening at the Associated Press…