I started this blog 12 years ago today, on 5 November 2003. Along the way, I've made the acquaintance of many fine people, and even acquired a few friends, such as John Sullivan. Unfortunately, I've also encountered several Internet bottom-feeders, such as Brian Leiter. I noticed his thuggishness immediately and stood up to him when he tried to destroy me for calling him out on it. He has since been humiliated by being cast out of his own academic-ranking blog. Everyone in law and philosophy now knows the extent of his abusiveness, especially toward women and the untenured. (He loves punching down, which is the mark of a coward.) You can imagine how satisfying it is to me to see him get his comeuppance. See here and here for exposés, one in the popular press and one in an academic publication. By the way, some 4,383 days have elapsed since I began blogging. I'm pretty sure I posted at least one item every day. Here's to the next dozen years!
Addendum: There have been 2,274,813 visits to my blog in 12 years. That's an average of 519 visits per day.
