Deja vu all over again (reposting of earlier items of interest)
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Blast from the past: it was almost a decade ago that the usual suspects went after Rebecca Tuvel for a peer-reviewed article
What a disgrace, which, thankfully, many philosophers condemned at the time. Professor Tuvel, fortunately, did get tenure, despite this unhinged attack. Alas, it’s not clear any of the miscreants (or their apologists) suffered any repercussions for their bad behavior.
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Blast from the past: A tough poll question to answer
Back in 2009, but timely again.
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Blast from the past: Five favorite Americans of the 20th-century?
Back in 2018–with my views and those of readers.
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Blast from the past: “How Trump Thinks”
I posted this shortly after the 2016 election, but sadly, it remains as relevant as ever.
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Blast from the past: “Farmer’s intent”
Back in 2020, courtesy of legal philosopher Leslie Green (and still a classic!).
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Blast from the past: Law & economics, and “elite” law schools
Back in 2011, and still relevant.
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Blast from the past: Dworkin-lite and constitutional theory
Back in 2013. This post continues to generate a fair bit of traffic to the blog.
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Blast from the past: David Segal’s hatchet job on law schools (in the NYT)
Back in 2011. It really is amazing how incompetent that piece was. (It appears the hack who wrote it still writes for the NYT!)
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Blast from the past: where U.S. law faculty went to law school
Back in 2008. The main change since is that I would expect Michigan to be lower, and NYU to be higher.
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Blast from the past: What an “Ad Hominem” argument is and isn’t
Back in 2011, and still relevant given how "ad hominem" is routinely misused.
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Blast from the past: “Triumph of the JD/PhDs”
Back in 2016, and as Professor Lawsky's data on entry-level hiring has revealed, the triumph continues.
Everything you say is true, but what is the alternative? I don’t think people are advocating a return to in-class…