A moving & humane argument concerning medicare and opioid prescriptions* There is no question that every reasonable and effective method to stop the opioid epidemic should be investigated, and if proven effective, implemented. The horrors and wrecked lives this epidemic have caused are all too real to many people of all ages. However, we must…
[featured-image link=”http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article107993347.html” link_single=”http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article107993347.html” single_newwindow=”true” alt=”Thumbnail photo of my piece in the Herald Leader, titled, ‘Trump’s Blind Faith in Tax Cuts Won’t Work, Just Look at the Evidence.’ The link leads to the article on the Herald Leader’s site.”] After watching the first Presidential debate, I was struck by how little Donald Trump had to offer…
On September 4th, The Herald Leader of Lexington, KY, published an in-depth news article on the subject of corporal punishment in public schools. It was still early in the school year, which makes such topics timely. I had written a draft to send them on the subject, but the news article offered many specifics to…
It’s an honor and a pleasure to be interviewed for The Tehran Times. I am especially grateful that the put the very philosophical interview I gave on the front page of the newspaper. The Tehran Times is Iran’s major English language newspaper. I have had the opportunity to talk quite a few times about philosophy…
I had the pleasure of receiving a request to write for The Philosophers’ Magazine, which was planning an issue on “50 New Ideas.” My proposal was to revisit and rethink an old idea that people have been criticizing quite a lot lately: political correctness. Click here or on the photo of the piece here to open a PDF…
Check out the front page of February 28th’s Tehran Times. I gave an interview on Uniting Mississippi and was honored with some pretty cool real estate in the paper. Here’s an image of the cover and below that I’ve got links for a clipped PDF of the interview and to the regular text version on their site: [featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TT-InterviewOnUnitingMississippi-022816.pdf”…
[featured-image link=”http://etweber.wp2.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/12/Reciprocal-FB.jpg” link_single=”http://etw.li/1M14nza” single_newwindow=”true” alt=”Photo of the printed version of the article.”] My latest piece in the Clarion Ledger draws on Aristotle’s insights about friendship, which he called acknowledged reciprocal goodwill. We sure need more of that in Mississippi. Click here or on the Clarion Ledger logo on the right to read the piece on their Web…
I have again had the great opportunity to give an interview for reporter Javad Hieran-Nia of The Tehran Times, Iran’s major English-language newspaper. I feel honored to have my interview again land the first page of the paper. The image on right is of the front page, but is also a link to a printable Adobe…
The start of another academic year is cause to reflect on the aims of education and the fact that 19 states in the U.S. still use corporal punishment in public schools. Many have yet to learn the counterproductive and harmful effects of disciplining kids with violence. Nowhere is the mistake more troubling than in our public…
My piece, “Mr. Bryant, Take Down the Flag,” came out in The Clarion Ledger this morning. In the printed version, the title is “Governor, Take Down this Flag.” For the next week or two, please head to the electronic version of the piece on the newspaper’s site. You can download and print a PDF of the article…