September 2017
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An old-school conservative explains why Trump supporters and apologists are not “conservatives”
I went to high school with John Paterakis in the late 1970s; he is a lifelong Republican and fairly conservative guy, both more conservative and more religious than I am needless to say (though a lot of what he describes, fairly enough, as conservative seems to me benign and sometimes congenial). In high school, we…
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The panopticon office…
…who wouldn't want to work there?
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Why do so many whites oppose the NFL protests?
Because they oppose Blacks protesting in general.
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NeoNazi sympathizer Jason Jorjani “suspended” from his teaching position at NJ Institute of Technology
Story here, with links. (Thanks to David Zimmerman for the pointer.) As I said early on, "academic freedom protects Jorjani's right to be a monstrous fool; as long as he is discharging his pedagogical duties in a competent manner, his institution should not penalize him." If he has been suspended solely because of the NYT…
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Facebook is the new blogging
When I joined Facebook, I conceived of it mainly as a way for sharing "personal" stuff: photos from vacations, funny stories, family news, that kind of thing. That's one reason I try to only friend people I know "in real life." But as Facebook has evolved, it is clear that many, perhaps most, of my…
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AG Sessions invited to talk about “free speech” (but not kneeling NFL players!) at Georgetown Law…
…but only to friends of Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett, with pre-screened questions. Other Georgetown law faculty and students aren't happy. UPDATE: Various folks have sent me Prof. Barnett's lengthy explanation of the event and what actually transpired; it is below the fold for those who are interested:
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The Alabama rubes have spoken…
…and given the Republican nomination to reactionary religious zealot Roy Moore, who has the distinction of having been twice removed from the Alabama Supreme Court because of his defiance of the law. (I discuss the circumstances of his first removal on p. 4 of this article.) Steve Bannon–yeah, that guy–riled up the "rubes" a few days…
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Free letter delivery service for the job market
Philosopher David Faraci writes: Graham Leach-Krouse and I are pleased to announce that MARGY, our free letter delivery service, is up and running for the 2017 job market season. Applicants are invited to use our system to send confidential letters of recommendation to schools that are accepting submissions via email. For more information, people can…
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Blast from the past: on betraying the “vocation of philosophy”
Those who peddle the awful arguments against gay marriage are the experts.
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Financial support for PhD students at Buffalo is appallingly low
A grad student at Buffalo writes: Graduate students at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), have been protesting for increasing the stipend they receive, which is significantly lower than other schools in the SUNY system. The situation gets worse when they have to pay the university fee (with interesting heads like "academic excellence fee" etc.), which…
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The silly op-ed about “bourgeois values” and culture by two law professors…
…has generated another quite detailed and devastating analysis by a Penn law professor.
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Thus spake Heinrich Heine
As memorably quoted by Freud in Civilization and Its Discontents: Mine is a most peaceable disposition. My wishes are: a humble cottage with a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food, the freshest milk and butter, flowers before my window, and a few fine trees before my door; and if God wants to make…
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Fascists in state legislature in Nebraska target English professor in latest fake controversy
CHE has a good account (though behind a paywall), but here's the crux of it: By some measures, the protest that occurred at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln on August 25 was relatively minor: Courtney Lawton, a graduate student and lecturer was caught on video making rude gestures and using profanity as she confronted…
I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…