Deja vu all over again (reposting of earlier items of interest)
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Blast from the past: September 11, 2001 in Austin, Texas
Back in 2006 on this day.
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Blast from the past: “How Trump Can Attack Higher Education: A Guide”
Back in 2024, and, sadly, it was prescient. While Title VI has, indeed, played a very large role, I did not anticipate the sheer lawless way the Trumpistas would deploy it (i.e., no investigation, no process, just going straight to suspension of federal monies).
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Blast from the past: What is cancel culture?
Back in 2020, when the Wokerati and the New Infantilism still reigned supreme (including in philosophy). Compared to the predations of Trumpian authoritarianism, one feels almost nostalgic for those annoying, juvenile characters of yesteryear.
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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!).
It’s not so much that “it won’t happen here”; it might, in the sense that it might be that in…