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…
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…
[featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Capture-FromPurdueTalk-022016.jpg” link_single=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Capture-FromPurdueTalk-022016.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”This is a screen capture from my talk at Purdue University in February of 2016.”] I’ve posted a number of recordings of interviews and talks I’ve given on Uniting Mississippi. This talk is on my next project, which is still in progress. The book is titled A Culture of Justice. One of the…
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…
I had a delightful time in Hattiesburg, MS this January. My first stop while in town was at WDAM TV’s studio for the Midday News on Channel 7. I had the great pleasure of talking with Miranda Beard, who invited me to tell people about Uniting Mississippi and who announced my talk at the University of…
I’m looking forward to meeting the folks at WDAM in Hattiesburg, MS, on Friday, January 29th for an interview about Uniting Mississippi: Democracy and Leadership in the South. I’ll be on live at around noon. I’ll post a clip of the interview as soon after it as I can. That same day (Friday), I’ll next head…
[featured-image link=”http://etweber.wp2.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2016/01/6-DSC_0808-FB.jpg” link_single=”http://etweber.wp2.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2016/01/6-DSC_0808-FB.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Weber answering emails at his desk in 2011.”] I received a reader email from Iran in the last few weeks. I’ve been swamped and hadn’t had a chance to respond until now. I’m still swamped, catching up, but I thought it might be fun to post the question and my reply here….
[featured-image link=”bamsouth.com/category/podcast/” link_single=”bamsouth.com/category/podcast/” single_newwindow=”true” alt=”Photo of a microphone in front of a soundboard.”] I had a great time talking with Jack Criss on BAM South’s Midlife Criss podcast. The interview will soon be up on BAM South’s site, but for now Jack’s posted the interview on Sound Cloud. The player is here below. Jack is…
While I have been writing A Culture of Justice, so many examples have come up to illustrate what I’m concerned about. The latest is from Charlie Brown. At the same time, it’s true that culture is a funny thing to think about when it comes to justice. When I first read Plato’s Republic, I found it so…