Entertainers who take themselves and their irrational ideas very seriously offer endless if inadvertent irony. And so we have a critter named “Adam Horovitz — a.k.a. Ad Rock,” apparently a crooner with “The Beastie Boys,” who’s “team[ed] up with vegan shoe company Keep to design a new sneaker…” A “vegan shoe company.” Hmm. Loafers made from asparagus? Cowboy boots of beets and spinach? Oh, wait, I get it: a “cruelty-free tradition“–though not if you’re a carrot rather than a cow. At any rate, Mr. Horovitz plans to donate the “net proceeds” of his “vegan sneaker,” manufactured without hurting a single … Continue reading Caveat Emptor