ESQUIRE: Jeff Sessions Is Back to Take Trump's Abuse and Cement His Rancid Legacy.

Jeff Sessions Is Back to Take Trump's Abuse and Cement His Rancid Legacy

Some people sleep on just how reprehensible Jeff Sessions' record in public life is because he mostly resisted the relentless assaults on the rule of law from Donald Trump, American president. That does deserve praise. Time after time, our fearless leader attacked the then-attorney general in public on the basis that, by recusing himself from the Justice Department's Russia probe, he was failing to protect the president. Never mind that the attorney general is the nation's top law-enforcement officer, not the president's lawyer. And never mind that Sessions recused himself on two bases: one, that he served on Trump's campaign so had a conflict of interest; and two, that he'd appeared to lie under oath in his confirmation hearings—Sessions denied this—about whether he'd had contacts with Russians during the campaign. Read More

NPR BREAKING NEWS: Top State Department Aide Details Debate Over Ukraine Pressure Campaign.

Top State Department Aide Details Debate Over Ukraine Pressure Campaign "Politically related prosecutions ... undermine the rule of law," George Kent said in his deposition. The transcript of his interview with impeachment investigators was released on Thursday. Read More

APA Proceedings and Addresses now online.

Dear DAVID,   The 2019 volume of the Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association is now online! This year’s volume includes the following presidential addresses and prize lectures in addition to memorial minutes, awards, and a listing of recent donors.   Presidential Addresses Anita L. Allen, “The Philosophy of Privacy and Digital Life” (2019 Eastern Division) Richard J. Arneson, “Individual Well-Being and Social Justice ” (2019 Pacific Division) Jennifer Nagel, “Epistemic Territory” (2019 Central Division) Dewey Lectures Cora Diamond, “Reflections of a Dinosaur” (2019 Eastern Division) Michael Friedman, “Philosophy, Science, and History: A Personal Perspective” (2019 Pacific Division) Allison M. Jaggar, “Academic Philosophy: What Is It? What Do We Want It To Be?” (2019 Central Division) Romanell Lecture Hartry Field, “A ‘Naturalistic’ Take on Epistemology” (2019 Eastern Division) This volume of the Proceedings also includes the 2019 Sanders and Kant Lectures, as well as the 2016 Sanders Lecture: Sanders Lectures Timothy Williamson, “Morally Loaded Cases in Philosophy” (2019 Central Division) Onora ONeill, “Kant on Indeterminacy, Judgement, and Interpretation” (2016 Central Division) De Gruyter Kant Lecture Barbara Herman, “Making Others’ Ends Our Own: The Challenges of Kantian Beneficence” (2019 Pacific Division) The print volume will be mailed on November 13 to APA members who were subscribed to receive it as of November 1. All current APA members who are signed into the website will be able to view the Proceedings online by going to Publications > Proceedings and Addresses.   You may change your subscription preferences for future issues by updating your member profile. If you wish to receive future print volumes in the mail, the box labeled “Proceedings and Addresses (Postal Mail)” must be checked. If you’d prefer to go paperless, make sure the box is unchecked.   All the best,   Erin Shepherd Publications and Communications Coordinator

NPR BREAKING NEWS: Transcript Of Ambassador William Taylor's Impeachment Probe Testimony Released.

Transcript Of Ambassador William Taylor's Impeachment Probe Testimony Released. In the new public phase of the impeachment inquiry, Taylor's is the fifth transcript of testimony released. Democratic lawmakers called his closed-door deposition a game-changer. Read More