Saturday, February 21, 2004

American Philosophy Today. Peter Momtchiloff, the philosophy editor at OUP, has asked me to prepare a short essay (1,000 words) for the second... [The Leiter Reports: Editorials, News, Updates] 11:19:05 AM    comment []

Rex Hammock: "I just walked out of the Old Executive Office Building where four other 'real people' and I sat down for a 25-minute chat with the President of the United States." Washington Post: "The White House press corps yesterday scrambled to figure out why a hastily-arranged 'conversation' between President Bush and some regular Americans about the economy was suddenly closed to reporters -- and what went on behind those closed doors. Little did they know that behind those doors, one of the regular Americans whom Bush was meeting was a blogger." [Scripting News] 7:19:19 AM    comment []

No Law Broken in JetBlue Scandal. The privacy officer of the Homeland Security Department says officials at her department didn't break any laws by pushing JetBlue to hand over passenger data. But they shouldn't have done it. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News] 7:13:42 AM    comment []