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Michael Jackson dead at 50

Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Several news outlets are reporting that Michael Jackson died today of a heart attack (here).

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despicable

Posted in publishing, the "Profession" on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

here. But I don’t understand the contributor’s reaction. The contributor seems surprised that the amazon reviews are inflated by authors, contributors, or employees of the publishing house. It’s been known for years that hotel, rental car, and airline superb reviews have been posted by employees of the company. These employees have received compensation (whether monetary [...]

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Polish Journal of Philosophy, Vol. III, no. 1

Posted in Polish Journal of Philosophy, publishing, the "Profession" on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Polish Journal of Philosophy has published the first issue of its third volume. Its contents are listed below.
I’ve served as one of the review editors of the journal since the journal’s inception in 2007. Volume III represents the last time I will work as the review editor. I received an invitation from our editor-in-chief [...]

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Philosophers Carnival and an announcement

Posted in carnival, the "Profession" on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The 92nd Philosophers Carnival has been posted at Philosophengang here.
In other news, John Bickle will start this fall at Mississippi State University as Professor and Department Head. The announcement is here. This is great news for MS State – which received some bad blog press over the past few years, see here – and the [...]

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Dumbass

Posted in “war on terror”, Religion, abortion, society on June 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

here, which is followed up by some ridiculous comments. What surprises me is how few people (including Ed Fester himself) refer to the moral culpability of the women (or other doctors) requesting the abortion. In their world, only doctors are to blame. I have to conclude that this post shows how ignorant these people are! [...]

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CU Boulder plans to eliminate 75 full-time faculty and staff positions…

Posted in local color, teaching, the "Profession" on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

9News (Denver KUSA; story here) reports that the University of Colorado plans to eliminate 75 full-time faculty and staff positions. 9News learned of the cuts through the Boulder Daily Camera. The Camera says that 33 of the 75 positions cut will be full-time faculty members.
I haven’t confirmed this from other independent sources, but this is [...]

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Air France Flight 477

Posted in aviation on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A friend and colleague wanted me to write a brief comment about the recent Air France airline accident (Flight #477), since I had accurately identified the cause of a commuter plane crash outside Buffalo, N.Y. in February (here) long before any news agency reported what the F.A.A. and N.T.S.B. investigation had found. I have to [...]

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