March 2010
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The wicked never rest, part 147
The Texas Taliban, as usual.
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Rutgers Faculty May Be Required To Live In-State
A New Jersey state senator has proposed a residency requirement for all New Jersey employees and Governor Christie has signaled his support. The bill would include Rutgers and other state university faculty. Those individuals living out of state would be given two and half years to move. Whatever the virtues of such a policy, it could…
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More Advice to Prospective Grad Students Choosing Programs: Faculty Who Diss Other Schools
A couple of correspondents raised the question of what prospectives should make of faculty at School X who say derogatory things about the program at School Y. In general, I think it's fair to say that faculty know more about programs than prospective students, so I would not want to say that, in general, such…
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“Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers”
If you're not familiar with this blog, you should be, it's a great service.
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Robert Paul Wolff is a Blogger!
I was pleased to discover that the eminent philosopher Robert Paul Wolff (now emeritus at U Mass/Amherst) has a blog. He also has an interesting defense of the value of a liberal arts education. UPDATE: Link to the blog now fixed.
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Rules for Philosophy Q&A Sessions
I want to strongly second Spiros's rules.
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First New Canadian Law School In 35 Years To Open In B.C.
We've gotten used to new law schools here in the U.S. I'm particularly proud to have been one of the six inaugural faculty at a darn good one here in Philadelphia. But things are different north of the border. Nobody has opened a new law school in Canada in 35 years. That's about to change. Thompson Rivers…
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Law School (Homepage) Ranking Fever
Is this really the best use of a serious law school's promotional machinery? — Dan Filler
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George and Nichol from North Carolina to Arizona
Glenn George, Professor of Law at UNC, is moving to the University of Arizona this summer to assume the position of vice president for legal affairs and general counsel. She'll also hold tenure in the law school. George will be joined a year later by her husband, Gene Nichol, who will also take a tenured slot in…
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The U.S. Supreme Court Strikes a Decisive Blow for the Plutocracy
I meant to post something several weeks ago about the Supreme Court's outrageous decision striking down limits on corporate spending on elections, but other events overtook my efforts. The best explanation of the decision and the issues I have seen comes from my colleague Geoffrey Stone, a leading First Amendment expert. Senator Feingold (Wisconsin) has…
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Does March Madness Undermine University Research?
Professor Charles Clotfelter, from Duke's Sanford School Public Policy, has been studying the effects of NCAA March Madness on research activity. He focused on levels of JSTOR research activity on Mondays through Wednesdays, from February through April each year. He found that, in the weeks leading up to Selection Sunday, research on JSTOR inched up about 5%…
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British Columbia’s Paul Russell Wins JHP’s Book Prize
Paul Russell, a leading Hume scholar at the University of British Columbia, has won the book prize from the Journal of the History of Philosophy for The Riddle of Hume's Treatise: Skepticism, Naturalism, and Irreligion (OUP, 2008).
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii