“Couldn’t be reached” is a new web site that “will highlight instances of officials not commenting to journalists on the record.” The Center for Public Integrity, which runs the site, explains: It will focus on the institutions and people in power — both private and public — who refuse to comment on the record on stories in […]
20th Nov. Today is World Philosophy Day
To mark the event of World Philosophy Day 2014, Oxford University Press is making available a selection of free downloads of notable philosophical works. May we recommend ‘Just go ahead and lie’ Analysis (2012) 72 (1): 3-9, by Jennifer Saul, who is head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Sheffield. “The view that […]
An Evening of Dramatic Improbable Readings, Wed at MIT
Join us Wednesday for… Dramatic Improbable Readings at the MIT Press Bookstore: An Evening of Dramatic Improbable Readings Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:30 pm The MIT Press Bookstore,292 main Street, Cambridge Please join us in the Bookstore for an improbable event: A Dramatic Improbable Reading performance! To celebrate his new books This Is Improbable Too […]
PR headline: “Car crash survival rates increase with being younger, male and driving a big vehicle”
Today’s PR Headline of the Day appears atop a press release from Indiana University: “Car crash survival rates increase with being younger, male and driving a big vehicle“