September 2011
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Mearsheimer Responds to the Latest Smears on Him…
…all because he wrote a blurb for a book, which none of the critics appear to have read. What a world. (I should add I've never met Professor Mearsheimer, and I share Professor Chomsky's skepticism about his and Walt's thesis about The Israel Lobby, but the hatchet jobs on him and Walt, which continue to…
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U.S. News to Continue to Screw Over Colleges with Existing Ranking Formula
IHE has the details, though it certainly does no credit to the judgment of admissions directors that they also object to the only part of the college ranking formula that keeps the results tethered to the real world at all, namely, the reputation survey.
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U.S. News to Continue to Screw Over Colleges with Existing Ranking Formula
IHE has the details, though it certainly does no credit to the judgment of admissions directors that they also object to the only part of the college ranking formula that keeps the results tethered to the real world at all, namely, the reputation survey.
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The Best Explanation for the Absurdity of Metaphysics
Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) comments.
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Clerkship Feeding Frenzy
Sharks are probably better-behaved.
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Clerkship Feeding Frenzy
Sharks are probably better-behaved.
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New On-Line Reviews of Books on Criminal Law/Criminal Justice
Courtesy of the folks at Rugtgers-Newark.
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New On-Line Reviews of Books on Criminal Law/Criminal Justice
Courtesy of the folks at Rugtgers-Newark.
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Friday Poem: “When I was barely twenty”
When I was barely twenty When I was barely twenty I worked nights in a Wall Street bank Doing the things done when the bank slept I was a cog but thought I was a person One dim early morning 5 AM perhaps While handling some mail I spotted A periodical of interest and…
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ABA Reversing Itself on Demand for Better Employment Data?
That's the contention of this piece, which is puzzling in light of this summer's announcement. (Let me know if you spot an ABA statement/response on this issue.) A very striking line from the preceding NLJ item: "Since the turn of the century, just two-thirds of all ABA-approved law school graduates obtained jobs requiring bar passage…
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ABA Reversing Itself on Demand for Better Employment Data?
That's the contention of this piece, which is puzzling in light of this summer's announcement. (Let me know if you spot an ABA statement/response on this issue.) A very striking line from the preceding NLJ item: "Since the turn of the century, just two-thirds of all ABA-approved law school graduates obtained jobs requiring bar passage…
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Stanley v. Romano on “Progress in Philosophy”
Video here. Thoughts from readers? Signed comments will be very strongly preferred.
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“When fascism comes to America…
"…it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." –Sinclair Lewis
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…