2017 in review, third quarter: July, August, September

Here were some of the most popular posts in the third quarter of the year:

Philosophy and standardized test scores:  causation or correlation? (July)

Is Thomas Friedman the biggest idiot in America? (July)

The suspended Associate Editors of Hypatia have apparently learned nothing from their defamatory attack on Rebecca Tuvel (July)

On the narcissism of "considering the relevant literature" (July)

Bizarrely careless scholarship watch:  Carrie Jenkins edition (July)

Tuvel more dangerous than a Klansman? (August)

14th Anniversary Post (and a review of some blogging accomplishments) (August)

The administrative nightmare of UK academic life? (August) 

Philosopher's Annual:  Best papers from 2016 (August)

here untenured tenure-track faculty at the "top 20" U.S. programs got their PhD, 2017-18 edition (September)

Charlatan watch:  Stefan Molyneux edition (September)

"Diversity madness"  watch:  Reed College edition (September)

Green, "conservatives," campus, redux (September)

How readers use Facebook (September)

The growing mismatch between jobs for philosophers and what the leading PhD programs emphasize, or, the so-called "core" is dying (September)