2005 saw nearly 1.5 million visits to the blog, roughly 61% of those being repeat visitors (the actual number of repeat visitors is probably a bit higher, since some readers no doubt visit from different computers). How many actual readers account for 1.5 million visits? Who knows? (At least 300 or so!) In any case, whether you are 300 or 3,000 or 30,000, I am grateful for your continued interest and that you find this blog worth a bit of your time.
Alas, I am about to embark on an extraordinarily busy term, in terms of teaching, speaking engagements, publication deadlines, and personal obligations. (The speaking engagements will include the annual 'Or 'Emet Lecture at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto on March 9--I hope I will get to meet some of the many Toronto-based readers on that occasion! More details in due course.) With all this going on, something has to give, and it will be blogging.
I know I posted less this past fall than during the summer, and I will be posting even less this spring than in the fall. Before the holidays, I had commissioned some essays by philosophers on "where the action is" in their subfields (the two entries to date are under this category), and these should start coming in over the next couple of months and so will hopefully provide some interesting new material for readers. I've also decided to try an experiment, and have invited some of my distinguished past guest-bloggers to be regular (or irregular) posters here, making "Leiter Reports" something of a group blog, at least through the Spring. Several have, happily, already agreed, and I'll announce more details about this next week. With their welcome contributions, I'm hopeful that there will continue to be a steady stream of interesting material on the blog even during a very busy few months. (And, of course, I'll continue to contribute a few "merciless rhetorical spankings of fanatics, villains, and ignoramuses" as one reader charmingly put it.)
During the holiday period, various folks also pointed out that Albert Alschuler (Law, Chicago) posted a second--and far worse (in terms of philosophical and scientific confusions)--set of remarks on the Intelligent Design court decision from Dover. I will get to this before too long. (Meanwhile, Butterflies & Wheels has kindly reprinted my commentary on the first installment of Alschuler's comments on the Intelligent Design decision.)
Happy New Year to all!
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