YES!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

This is really not great

That’s a first for misspelling my name

This is scary… www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta... Exclusive | Meta Aims to Use AI to Fully Automate Ad Creation - WSJ

Really odd, this. I assume there will be subsequent efforts, but I don't have any on my radar yet...

Very interesting / terrifying op-ed by my old law prof www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...

very important op-ed here about both higher ed and the military www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

I favor the latter option... but the argument is not straightforward

In response: Liberals have to either show that secularism is actually "neutral" in some sense or else explain why secular beliefs and values ought to be treated differently from religious beliefs and values.

This is the key point in the OK charter school case: the conservative justices say that secularism is a particular "viewpoint" (or viewpoints) on a par with religious beliefs or doctrines.

I'm relieved to find this out

That is really, really bad. I figured it would be the bond market that would instill some discipline. It always does.

The suit is filed by Munger Tolles & Olson, the law firm that organized the law firm amicus brief in the case challenging other executive orders targeting other firms.

FYI: if you're in the mid Atlantic, the US Geological Survey has a list of native plants you can plant that will be good for native pollinators (which includes blueberry bushes...). you can get seed packs that include perennials so you don't have to replant all the time www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc...

Is this really the explanation for the tariffs? Peter Navarro via Project 2025

Is this really the explanation for the tariffs? Peter Navarro via Project 2025

This should be a good issue

This is a blatantly unconst'l letter. The govt may not coerce private institutions into suppressing other people's speech by threatening them with legal penalties if they refuse, as SCOTUS affirmed 9-0 last year www.oyez.org/cases/2023/2... But will it matter? static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/...

Later this week, March 28-30, the GPPC is co-sponsoring a conference at Temple U. on "Constitutional Democracy in Crisis." Co-hosted by the Philosophy Department at Temple and the University of Glasgow School of Law. More information here: sites.temple.edu/crisis/sched...

Check out my post up on the APA blog! blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/21/h...

I don’t know if I should be encouraged or terrified that Barnes&Noble now has a bunch of specially bound US Constitutions next to the check out

I'm really proud of this article out today in Journal of Applied Philosophy tinyurl.com/s9n428t8 dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp...

Back in LA

As seen in UCLA Philosophy Dept

I'm really proud of this article out today in Journal of Applied Philosophy tinyurl.com/s9n428t8 dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp...

Interactive AI Fair happening today and tomorrow at Temple!! We kick off today with a talk by Prof Ben Lee from U of Washington on AI and Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social More info here sites.temple.edu/fair/

According to Livy, Spurius Lucretius was elected consul of Rome but he died like two days later, and his consulship was not marked by any event of importance.

New pub!! www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Free Lucy Letby!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/w...

Great article in Temple News 😉 temple-news.com/temple-conti...

Excited to be hosting an Interactive AI Fair @temple.edu Feb 25-26! Check it out: sites.temple.edu/fair/

Philly is a wonderful city to live in and it is beautiful in a late-stage capitalism sort of way. I’m going to start posting my photos here sometimes

View from Temple research symposium

I'm closely watching cert petition in Oklahoma catholic charter school case involving St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Anyone else following this? Here's a good overview: www.k12dive.com/news/st-isid...

New Zealand parliament's youngest member Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke performs a haka in protest of a controversial bill that would reinterpret an 184 year old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

The answer is no

AI gets things wrong faster and cheaper than traditional methods www.semafor.com/article/11/0...

Ice cube > fat joe

In LA and enjoying a fine Korean beverage