Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦

Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.

Wow — Kudos!

Canada Is Already at War with the US—We Just Don’t Know It Yet | The Walrus Conflicts don’t always start with an invasion

A grim but important read…

MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason Theories of Public Reason Panel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 2-4 September 2026  This panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason, broadly...

Another year, another Public Reason panel at MANCEPT.
This year MANCEPT takes place *before* Labour Day! So hopefully more people from North America will be able to take part.
Hope to see some of you in Manchester in six months!

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As I get older, I just find reasons not to go in the first place...

New Canadian trade deal with India only allows for 1 assassination per year OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have reportedly outlined a first draft of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which includes a sub-clause limi...

New Canadian trade deal with India only allows for 1 assassination per year

One of the greatest films of all time!

Keep talking, Alberta secessionists/traitors -- it's working out great for you...

Kid 2: Why isn’t Dad upset?

Kid 1: He’s a Leafs fan. He’s trained for this his whole life.

The Canada-US hockey rivalry is always intense. But given the grotesque bullying behaviour of the US towards Canada over the past year, the OT losses in both the Women’s and Men’s gold medal games feels especially bitter. *sigh*

John Rawls would have turned 105 today. Here he is at his best...

U.S. legal scholars baffled as Prince Andrew arrested for Epstein ties, Korean president sentenced for insurrection WASHINGTON, D.C. - America’s top legal minds have reported utter bafflement at the news that former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has arrested by U.K. police due to his connections with Jeffrey Ep...

U.S. legal scholars baffled as Prince Andrew arrested for Epstein ties, Korean president sentenced for insurrection

Quelle surprise...

My quibble is with this: "Within my world of academic philosophy I’ve never met anyone who endorses the specific principle of justice that Rawls proposed."
But Joe -- we've met *many* times!

A week after my interview with Gina Schouten about her book _The Anatomy of Justice_ was posted at New Books in Philosophy, my article on that same book was posted at _Analysis_...

Thanks so much!

UW System President Embraces AI Jay Rothman says artificial intelligence is transforming the state’s public universities.

Yet another reason why I keep thinking about (gaming out) early retirement...

I'm now a co-host at "New Books in Philosophy" (part of the New Books Network).
My first interview has been posted. It's with Gina Schouten (Harvard U) regarding her recent book, _The Anatomy of Justice_ (OUP, 2024).

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Picture of snowstorm in Toronto

Getting a little bit of snow here in Toronto today... ❄️

De Adder political cartoon ridiculing DJT.

How can there be three more years of this insanity?
Every day feels like a month...

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.

Local man would be angrier about Liberal's undemocratic floor-crossing scheme if it wasn't so funny to imagine Poilievre's face OTTAWA – Local voter Martin Kofman finds it appalling that the Liberals have clearly hatched a plan to obtain the majority government voters denied them by luring Conservative MPs to cross the floor, ...

Local man would be angrier about Liberal’s undemocratic floor-crossing scheme if it wasn’t so funny to imagine Poilievre’s face

Poilievre asks BC Conservative leader for tips on just refusing to leave VICTORIA, B.C. - CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has expressed keen interest as news broke that BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad is unilaterally rejecting his party’s attempts to remove him.

Poilievre asks BC Conservative leader for tips on just refusing to leave

de Adder cartoon showing DJT asking MBS for a bone saw

"Trump is a pedophile" email raises questions about whether Trump is a pedophile WASHINGTON, D.C. – With many of Jeffrey Epstein’s documents and emails now available to the public, subtle messages from the disgraced financer like “Donald Trump is a sex criminal I have done sex cri...

"Trump is a pedophile" email raises questions about whether Trump is a pedophile

Looking forward to it! Rawx on.

Poilievre prevents more MPs from leaving party by locking doors, swallowing key OTTAWA – In an effort to prevent any more defections from caucus, party leader Pierre Poilievre has reportedly locked all Conservative MPs in an undisclosed room in Parliament Hill before swallowing the key.

Poilievre prevents more MPs from leaving party by locking doors, swallowing key

New meme just dropped