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September 22, 2025

In Memoriam: Jonathan Lear (1948-2025)

Here.
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Published on September 22, 2025 13:16

High school needs philosophy classes

At the new site.
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Published on September 22, 2025 07:40

How much trouble are we in with ChaptGPT 5?

Here. The URL will get simpler, but you can post comments at the new site already.
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Published on September 22, 2025 04:19

September 21, 2025

The new URL of the blog will be:

https://leiterreports.com (right now this will take you to the current Typepad blog, but that will change as soon as the domain is re-registered, which is happening as I type). Please make a note, I hope the new blog will go...
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Published on September 21, 2025 13:49

Naval Academy cancels talk by philosopher Alec Walen...

...because he had criticized the monster child on social media. Since the military academies, under the authoritarian Trump regime, no longer educate, I wonder whether U.S. News & World Report will drop them from their "liberal arts colleges" rankings? (Thanks...
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Published on September 21, 2025 07:23

September 18, 2025

"Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime"

A propos nothing (ok, maybe a propos ABC's purge of Mr Kimmel for jokes that offended the Trumpistas). This is what authoritarianism looks like, then and now.
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Published on September 18, 2025 08:23

September 17, 2025

Blast from the past: "Is America too big for fascism?"

I was right unfortunately, and the author I referenced was wrong.
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Published on September 17, 2025 16:11

How to defend liberalism

Philosopher David Enoch discusses with Yascha Mount; an excerpt: The kind of liberalism that I have in mind is first and foremost about a commitment to some underlying values and principles. And those are not going to surprise you. There���s...
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Published on September 17, 2025 04:01

September 16, 2025

The blog transition is in process....

...and I'm hoping to start posting at the new site in the next week. Until then, things will be a bit quiet here as we finalized the migration of all the content.
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Published on September 16, 2025 14:19

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