May 2004
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How Stupid (Twisted?) is the Right-Wing of the Blogosphere?
The video of Nick Berg being decapitated, and the reaction to it among some right-wing bloggers, is forcing me to ratchet down my already low appraisal of the intellectual and moral level of these folks. Right-wing bloggers (for example) have taken it upon themselves to make the video available; and, in the process, they are…
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Free Speech on the Freeway
Pictures here. (Thanks to Ann Bartow [South Carolina Law] for the pointer.)
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Meet the Ruling Class
Everything you wanted to know about the people who actually make the decisions that shape your lives is available from this site. Called “They Rule,” the site, “aims to provide a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class. It takes as its focus the boards of some of the most powerful…
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Outsourcing CEOs
Here’s a fine idea: “American companies are busily outsourcing workers when they should be insourcing CEOs from other countries. U.S. CEOs are way too expensive…. “European and Japanese CEOs run many of the world’s leading companies for a lot less pay than Americans. U.S. CEOs make five times as much as CEOs in Japan, four…
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Best Political Philosophy/Theory Papers of the Last Decade
Chris Bertram (Bristol Philosophy) has started a thread on the subject, with room for comments, here.
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Problems with PGR Update Service
Several additions to the Update Service of the PGR (which are archived here) have failed to reach many subscribers to the service, including me! Blackwell is working on the problem. I won’t be sending out additional Updates until it is fixed. In the mean time, you can check the “Philosophy Updates” category of this site,…
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Disney’s “Fantasyland Excuse for Censorship”
As readers will recall, Disney is blocking its subsidiary Mirimax from distributing Michael Moore’s new film critical of Bush. Disney head Michael Eisner has offered by way of explanation the following: “we just didn’t want to be in the middle of a politically-oriented film during an election year.” As detailed here that explanation is just…
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Kant Scholar Kuehn from Marburg to Boston Univ.
The Kant scholar Manfred Kuehn at the University of Marburg (and, before that, Purdue University) has accepted a senior offer from Boston University, to start this fall. Kuehn, in effect, replaces Henry Allison, who is moving from BU to a part-time post at the University of California at Davis this fall. In addition to his…
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International lawyer Jinks from St. Louis to Arizona State
Derek Jinks (international law, foreign affairs law) at St. Louis University (and a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School this past academic year) has accepted an offer from Arizona State University College of Law, which also added six new tenure-track faculty this year, as well as, at the senior level, Michael White…
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(Belated) May Day Greetings…
…from The Virtual Stoa (political theorists at Oxford). Follow the links.
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Bush Fashion
William Edmundson (Georgia State Law & Philosophy) writes: “Your blog readers may not yet have seen what Bush’s couturiers have come up with for their Fall collection. Check it out here. “Of particular interest is the “W, the President” collection. The striking simplicity of the bumper sticker design, has an unsettling power, especially when displayed…
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Creationist Genetics…
…and “how much [a certain kind of] conservative Christian identity is tied to the denial of civil rights and opposition to science”–from Pharyngula, who else? Read with care the lesson in micro-evolution and genetics from the Old Testament.
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Philosopher of Biology Griffiths from Pitt to Exeter
Paul Griffiths (philosophy of biology, philosophy of psychology), currently Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Exeter, where he will join John Dupre and Mark Rowlands, among others.
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NYU’s Kramer to be new Stanford Law Dean
Larry Kramer (constitutional law, conflicts of law) at New York University has been appointed the new Dean at Stanford Law School. Stanford’s press release is here.
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Legal scholar Davis from Toronto to NYU Law
Kevin Davis (commercial law, law and development) at the University of Toronto has accepted a tenured offer from New York University School of Law.
People should understand what precipitated my remarks here at Leiter Reports. Also, a few replies and comments on the conversation:…