August 2010
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More Trouble for the University of California: 20 Billion Dollar Pension Fund Shortfall
Story here. The University of California has long offered the best pension benefits of any university system in the country. UPDATE: A different view on the pension situation, from a group of faculty. (Thanks to Aldo Antonelli for the pointer.)
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Signs of the Apocalypse in America, Part 247
Two days ago, the crytpo-fascist entertainers Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin staged a "rally" about nothing in Washington, DC. Here's what those in attendance had to say.
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Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors
Blog Emperor Caron has updated this invaluable list.
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Triumph for Academic Freedom (and the Rule of Law) in Virginia
My former colleague Sandy Levinson has the details.
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The fashionable bigotry among law profs, redux
I know some readers will regard this as old news, but Professor Volokh is the gift that keeps on giving. Even one of the commenters calls him out on this one fairly quickly.
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Franklin Pierce is Now UNH Law
As of yesterday, the law school formerly known as Franklin Pierce Law Center is now called the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Franklin Pierce lives on as the name of its IP center. At this point, there is only an affiliation agreement between the two schools – not a formal merger. A formal…
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Advertising on the Blog
Updated information on blog traffic and rates effective September 1, 2010 is here. There is at least one spot every month from October forward, and there may still be a spot available in September.
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Transferring PhD Programs Twice?
A PhD student writes: Is there ever any license for switching graduate (that is, Ph.D.) programs twice? I transferred from a (barely) unranked program to one in the top 40ish range after two years at the former. I am now in my second year at the latter. Several factors conspire to make me question the wisdom…
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, please meet Ovadia Yosef
Ain't religion grand?
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When it comes to cuisine in Hyde Park, one must live without hope…
…but the arrival of a decent sushi place (not great, but good enough that one would gladly go back) can not pass unnoted and without a sense of gratitude. Not as fancy (or pricey either) as our two legit high-end restaurants here (Park52 [also relatively new, and good] and La Petite Folie), but a nice alternative to…
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In Memoriam: Steven Goldberg (1947-2010)
Georgetown's memorial notice is here.
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“Legal Formalism and Legal Realism: What is the Issue?”
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JULY 20 FOR THE 'BENEFIT' [I HOPE!] OF THOSE WHO SENSIBLY DO NOT READ BLOGS DURING THE SUMMER I have posted on SSRN a review essay of Brian Tamanaha's interesting recent book Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging (Princeton University Press, 2010). Unlike a lot of the…
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The Hauser Scandal Cont.: Possible Data Fabrication?
The latest news story here.
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Blast from the past
A brief history of some philosophy blogs.
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Friday Poem: “Good Evening”
Good Evening This will be my last lecture Or one of my last Or one in a series The subject is uncertainty Or what we cannot fathom Or what we’d rather not And each insight changes meaning As does each fact that is revealed While in summary the outcome is unknown…
Somewhat uncharacteristically, I don’t think I have the energy for a knock-down-drag-out fight on this subject, even though I find…