September 2015
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Gopnik on Hume, Buddha…
…and a mid-life crisis. (Thanks to Varol Akman for the pointer.)
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Radio New Zealand interview with…
…Jason Stanley (Yale) on his book How Propaganda Works (and Donald Trump!). Stanley's sense of propaganda is a bit unusual, but this interviewer does a really good job clarifying it. Because it was an interview by telephone, the sound quality isn't always great, alas.
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Local news coverage of Yom Kippur…
…goes badly wrong. The real question is whether the cultural illiterate responsible for this will keep their job?
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49% of Republicans in Iowa think Islam…
…should be "legal," while 30% think it should be illegal. 21% aren't sure. Seriously.
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New Infantilism at Wesleyan…
…or maybe it's just fascism? What's odd is that anyone can, of course, boycott the newspaper, but calling for it to be defunded by the student government because of an opinion piece is, well….
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Rousseau and Adam Smith…
…on Donald Trump!
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A nice write-up on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Kudos to Ed Zalta and colleagues who have made it such a success!
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In praise of R.H. Helmholz
A nice article about my esteemed colleague, the distinguished legal historian.
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On academic boycotts
MOVING TO FRONT FROM SEPTEMBER 17, GIVEN THE RATHER LIVELY (AND GENERALLY SUBSTANTIVE) DISCUSSION IN THE COMMENT THREAD Philosopher Tomis Kapitan (emeritus, Northern Illinois) writes: I think it would be interesting and appropriate to see discussion of academic boycotts as a tool of political protest and persuasion, specifically in relation to the BDS movement and…
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Journal of Legal Education…
…has a new website, and articles on-line.
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New Dean at Tulsa
Faculty member Lyn Entzeroth.
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New study of sexual assault on campus
IHE has a report about the study; it seems worrisome that the response rate was so low.
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“Assistive listening devices” (ALDs)
This is informative about ALDs (as well as yet another appalling case of a claimed religious exemption harming others).
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Blast from the past: “Rising Stars”
From 2008. Cyber-ressentiment has only gotten worse since, alas.
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U.C. Irvine Symposium on Higher Education Access (Michael Simkovic)
U.C. Irvine is hosting a Symposium on Higher Education Access, this Friday, September 25. I'm presenting A Value Added Perspective on Higher Education. Jim Chen is presenting his work on competitive merit scholarships. Sandy Baum and Eileen O’Leary are presenting research on higher education finance. Other speakers include: Associate Justice Goodwin Liu, California Supreme Court (Keynote)
The Wisconsin legislature made UW system implement post-tenure (5-year) reviews several years ago. The statutory requirements were fed into the…