August 2005
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Philosopher Hurley from Warwick to Bristol
Susan Hurley (philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science; political philosophy; philosophy of social science and decision theory) at the University of Warwick has accepted a Chair at the University of Bristol (for 2006), and has, in consequence, turned down the offer from the Australian National University. That’s a major appointment for Bristol, and may…
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Hey, Democrats Can be Mass-Murderers and Criminal War Mongers Too!
The people of the world may rest easy.
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What Happens When Your Government Has No Shame
This. Imagine having a lie inscribed on your child’s tombstone at the behest of the government?
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Move over Darwin: Supernatural Selection is…
…here in words and pictures. (Thanks to Gary Kemp for the pointer.)
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Target of Pat Robertson Assassination Threat Offers to Give the Poor Cheap Gasoline, Free Health Care
Pat Robertson must be livid. Apparently Venezuelan President Chavez, fresh from being targetted for assassination by Mullah Pat, asked himself, "What would Jesus do?" And he answered: turn the other cheek and help the poor: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, popular with the poor at home, offered on Tuesday to help needy Americans with cheap supplies…
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The fast, easy, and enjoyable way to learn about great philosophers…
…is here. The new term is about to start, isn’t it time to learn about a philosopher you’ve always wondered about from an internationally renowned expert? And more great books to come in 2006 (Guyer on Kant, Della Rocca on Spinoza, and others)…
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The Oxford Professor of Jurisprudence is Also a Terrorist Under English Law!
So it appears. We are still glad he will visit with us next Spring semester (does this make me an aider and abettor of terrorism?). Perhaps a workshop with him and Pat Robertson (and maybe an actual terrorist?) would be interesting…
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All the News That’s Fit to Print…
…in India, at least: The Iraq war has now acquired two faces: in Iraq and Crawford, Texas. President Bush may have been able to spin his way through two elections but now American democracy seems to be catching up with him in the form of Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq. She is…
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ID Peddler Dembski Replies to Machery on Evolution
Here. In brief: scientific illiteracy in the U.S. is a model for the world! UPDATE: Professor Machery writes: "Thanks for your reply to Dembski’s comment. I note that this comment makes even more salient the similarities between ID and Lysenkism: politically-driven rubbish, zero evidence, rampant nationalism, etc."
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Library of Congress Cataloguing Web Sites Related to Supreme Court?
Got this via e-mail yesterday; it looked legit, but I’m wondering whether anyone else has gotten this or knows more about it: To Whom It May Concern: The United States Library of Congress has selected your Web site for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the Supreme Court, and we request…
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What War Really Looks Like
These photos from Iraq are not for those of tender sensibilities, though anyone who voted for the criminal war monger Bush in 2004 has a moral obligation to view every one of them. Perhaps someone could remind certain blogospheric war mongers too what war really looks like. (Thanks to Michael Cholbi for the pointer.)
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It Appears Pat Robertson is a “Terrorist” Under U.S. Law
A propos Pat Robertson, Robin Payne calls this to my attention: Domestic terrorism is the unlawful use, or threatened use [emphasis added], of force or violence by a group or individual based and operating entirely within the United States or its territories without foreign direction committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a…
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Speaking (yet again) of Fascist Theocrats…
…one of America’s leading ones has just called for the assassination of the President of a foreign nation. At least he hasn’t singled out any liberals for elimination…yet… I do agree, in a way, with one thing he said: "this man is a terrific danger." Indeed, the speaker is. UPDATE: Reader Ruchira Paul observes: Muslim…
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The NY Times’s Gift to the Discovery [sic] Institute
Yesterday and today, the New York Times ran stories about the "Intelligent Design" scam and the Discovery [sic] Institute–except they failed to describe it correctly as a scam and they failed to insert the "[sic]" in the name of the Institute, thus leaving readers with the impression that it is an Institute devoted to "discovery"…
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A PhD Admissions Dilemma: An Update
Several months ago, we ran a thread on an admissions dilemma faced by a student considering admissions offers from programs in the US and UK, complicated by the fact that the funding decisions in the UK are on a different timetable than the US. That student now writes with an update on his situation and…
And the second paragraph?