Gary Steiner, a philosophy professor from Bucknell University, writes an op-ed about animal welfare and the moral imperative to be vegan.

Philosophy major (to be) Rebekah Frumkin was featured in the Northfield News for having a short story published in Dave Eggars' The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Fiction aficionado and philosophy prof Jason Decker is quoted in the story.

Elizabth Kolbert, of The New Yorker, reviews Jonathan Safran Foer's book about whether we have an ethical obligation not to eat meat.

St. Olaf philosophy professor, Gordon Marino, talks about what Kierkegaard might have to teach us about depression and despair in the New York Times.

David Brooks of the New York Times discusses recent work in philosophy on character traits alongside a discussion of the movie Where the Wild Things Are.

Prof. Roy Elveton's book, Sartre's Second Century, is published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Prof. Anna Moltchanova's book, National Self-Determination and Justice, is published by Springer.

The New Yorker talks about the puzzle of blackmail in reference to David Letterman's recent troubles.

An interesting article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about women in philosophy.