My regular, public writing is starting up again, as we’re getting settled in. Over the course of a few busy months, some of my pieces have come out in academic outlets, like the essay I posted last week. Here’s a further piece published this year (2016) in The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. It’s titled “Self-Respect…
Hi folks. It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted. There’s a reason that they say moving is one of the most stressful times in life. It certainly is. Among the many things I’ve been meaning to post is my latest essay, which is a commentary piece I wrote and originally delivered at the 2015…
David Brooks has been challenging young people lately to think about more than what he calls the “résumé virtues.” His latest book is called The Road to Character, and he has been touring the country to talk about what’s more important than the many small steps we take in advancing our careers. Which matters more:…
Now that I’m finally catching up with my grant reporting obligations, I’m returning to work from October of 2015. We snagged some nice pictures of Judge Reeves while he was here and we recorded the video of the open forum discussion we held. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves of Mississippi’s southern district caught my attention…
I had a great time at the University of Southern Mississippi on Friday, January 29th. After a fun interview on WDAM TV in Hattiesburg, MS, I headed over to the new Liberal Arts Building on campus, which is beautiful. Dr. Sam Bruton in the Philosophy and Religion department at USM organizes the Philosophical Fridays program, which…
[featured-image link=”http://www.pragmatismtoday.eu/winter2015/10%20Weber.pdf” link_single=”http://www.pragmatismtoday.eu/winter2015/10%20Weber.pdf” single_newwindow=”true” alt=”Photo of the top of my paper, which links to the PDF file on the journal’s Web site.”] I’m happy to announced that my latest paper, as of December 2015, has been published in Pragmatism Today, the peer-reviewed journal of the Central-European Pragmatist Forum. This paper is a step in the larger project…
[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’m grateful to Lyndy Berryhill of The Oxford Eagle, who came to our forum with Judge Reeves. She also kindly gave me permission to republish her piece on my page here. Thanks again to the Mississippi Humanities Council and to the College of Liberal Arts for their support for the event! Thanks to Berryhill for coming…
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…
The harsh treatment of prisoners in the U.S. causes much controversy, yet in our public schools, institutionalized violence is commonplace. [featured-image link=”https://www.academia.edu/3533946/Violence_Taught_when_Corporal_Punishment_Used” link_single=”https://www.academia.edu/3533946/Violence_Taught_when_Corporal_Punishment_Used” single_newwindow=”true” alt=”This image is shows part of the scan of my 2013 Clarion Ledger article, ‘Violence Taught When Corporal Punishment Used.’ If you click on this image, you’ll be taken to the…