April 2015
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New Books in April
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books in April: Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve by Ian Morris (Princeton University Press, 2015) (with replies from Richard Seaford, Jonathan Spence, Christine Korsgaard, Margaret Atwood). Plotinus: Ennead IV.3-4.29: Problems Concern the Soul translated, introduced and with commentary by John M. Dillon &…
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Sanders for President
It's now official. Hopefully this will lead to more national news coverage of his views and his criticisms of the status quo represented by the Clintons and the Republicans. UPDATE: Disqualified for integrity! (Thanks to Jerry Dworkin for the pointer.)
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Bad behavior by the Cornell admin and police…
…basically intimidating student activists. I hope journalists at IHE, CHE and elsewhere will shine a further light on this misconduct, which reflects very poorly on Cornell. (Thanks to Daniel Young for the pointer.)
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Fortune’s “Best” and “Worst” Graduate Degrees in terms of earnings, satisfaction, and stress…
…over at the law blog. (The PhD in Philosophy makes no appearance on either list.)
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An interesting (and concrete) solution to a gendered pay gap…
…at McMaster University in Canada.
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The “Charlie Hebdo” massacre, PEN, and the “moral” judgment of some writers
I think Salman Rushdie (quoted at the end) gets this right.
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Fortune’s Best Graduate Degrees Based on Earnings, Job Satisfaction, and “Stress”
An interesting, and not implausible, list. The JD comes in 6th, though most of the other options are unlikely to be pursued by an undergraduate humanities major–one reason, among others, why we have probably hit bottom in terms of the applicant pool and will probably see a slight uptick in the next couple of years.
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Geography Matters (Michael Simkovic)
A number of critics have argued against extrapolation from Professor Merritt’s study of the Ohio legal market to the national legal market. In her response, Professor Merritt makes some good points, and also several key points with which I disagree. Professor Merritt suggests that an important contribution of her study is providing up-to-date information about…
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Northwestern Law to pick up one year of loan interest…
…for some graduates. Interesting idea.
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Conferences should have a registration fee rate for non-tenure-track faculty, rather than just “faculty” and “students”
This seems rather sensible. (Thanks to Amy B. for the pointer.)
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The latest NY Times piece on the job market for lawyers
I imagine many students thinking about law school saw it; you might want to also take a look at this commentary by law professor Michael Simkovic at my law blog.
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Janiak & Mercer on forgotten early modern female philosophers…
…in The Washington Post of all places! It's quite a nice overview, and especially remarkable that it appeared in a mainstream outlet. (They do suggest, less plausibly, that the neglect of some of the early modern figures they mention has something to do with the underrepresentation of women in academic philosophy.) Herewith a question for…
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In Memoriam: Greg Lastowka
Professor Gregory Lastowka of Rutgers-Camden Law passed away last night, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 46. Greg was a serious scholar – writing across areas of Cyberlaw and IP – but was also a particularly humane colleague. He is missed.
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A new, detailed article on the McGinn case at Miami
Here, which complements the point made the other day.
Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…