"Stoush" is an Australian word for a punch-up but it can refer to a physical one or a metaphorical one. I am using it the latter sense

Brian Leiter is an influential Leftist professor, with a presence in both philosophy and law, who is noted for writing a blog which is exceedingly abusive of conservatives. Because of his perceived influence, however, few conservatives say anything in reply to him. They deem it unsafe for their careers.

Keith Burgess-Jackson is the notable exception, however. He is a philosophy professor with a background in law and has an entire blog devoted to exposing the low standard of argumentation used by Leiter. See here.

Until recently, Keith had his anti-Leiter blog on blogspot but the last blogspot meltdown caused him to move his blog to his new site at PowerBlogs. Perhaps a little unwisely, Keith deleted his former blogspot blog in the process.

Another conservative blogger has however just taken over the blogspot address that Keith left unused and has posted there another substantial body of volleys at Leiter. See here.

The war may be hotting up! Because of all Keith's past good work, the new blog is immediately the no. 1 result returned by a search for "Brian Leiter". Handy. It will be amusing to see if and how Leiter reacts to the new blog. Keith is OK about it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Ray is the editor of Dissecting Leftism blog. He's a tall, jocular former university teacher aged 62 at the time of writing in 2005 who still has a fair bit of hair. He is an Australian born of working class origins and British ancestry. His doctorate is in psychology but he taught mainly sociology . He also made lots of money in real estate so retired when he was 39. His main interests are blogging, classical music, history, the stockmarket, current affairs and languages. He has been married four times to four fine women with whom he is still on amicable terms. He has one son born in 1987. He is totally non-sporting.