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		<title>March 2016 Interview on MS Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Commercial Appeal, March 12, 2016. I now recall giving an interview that I had completely forgotten about. As I had written on the MS state flag, a reporter called me from The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN&#8217;s major newspaper. To those not from the region, Memphis is the closest big city for many folks living in northern Mississippi. In fact, lots [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/march-2016-interview-on-ms-flag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Correcting Political Correctness”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2016 20:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in "The Philosophers' Magazine," issue 72, 1st Quarter 2016, 113-114.. I had the pleasure of receiving a request to write for&#160;The Philosophers&#8217; Magazine, which was planning&#160;an issue on &#8220;50 New Ideas.&#8221; My proposal was to revisit and rethink an old idea that people have been criticizing quite a lot lately: political correctness. Click here&#160;or on the photo of the piece here to open a PDF [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/correcting-political-correctness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reciprocal Goodwill Is Answer to Flag Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 04:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest Clarion Ledger piece, published December 8, 2015, 8A.. My latest piece in the Clarion Ledger&#160;draws on Aristotle&#8217;s insights about friendship, which he called acknowledged reciprocal goodwill. We sure need more of that in Mississippi. Click here&#160;or on the Clarion Ledger logo on the right to read the piece on their Web site. You can also see a scan of the printed piece on [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/reciprocal-goodwill-is-answer-to-flag-issue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Judge Reeves speaks at UM”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Oxford Eagle on October 28, 2015. Republished with permission.. I&#8217;m grateful to Lyndy Berryhill of&#160;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 [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/judge-reeves-speaks-at-um/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Talk on ‘Uniting Mississippi: Democracy and Leadership in the South’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Clinton School for Public Service, on Monday, October 19, 2015 at noon.. I am so grateful for two lovely introductions, one from Dean Skip Rutherford of the Clinton School and a former student of mine studying there, Rob Pillow. This video includes only the talk and Q&#38;A. If I can get their intros, I&#8217;ll post them too. The Clinton School folks are excellent at what they do [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/book-talk-on-uniting-mississippi-democracy-leadership-in-the-south/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A State Divided Against Itself, Mississippi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mississippi offers&#160;a clear example of Plato&#8217;s worry about disunity.&#160;One of the&#160;four virtues that he clarifies in&#160;The Republic is moderation,&#160;which is important for avoiding the extremes of behavior or of belief. What is most famous about&#160;Plato is&#160;his conclusion that the good city needs philosopher-kings, that leadership most fundamentally must be guided by wisdom. While that is [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/a-state-divided-against-itself-mississippi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Secessionist Defends MS Flag – MPB Intvw</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You need to watch this. William Flowers, a&#160;man from Georgia, came to a demonstration in Jackson, MS, as a leader in the effort to defend the Mississippi flag, which features an emblem of the Confederate Battle Flag. He leads the self-described southern nationalist group, League of the South. This interview is not simply someone with [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/southern-secessionist-defends-ms-flag-mpb-intvw/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Bryant, Take Down the Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[or "Governor, Take Down This Flag," in <em>The Clarion Ledger</em>, September 20, 2015, 2C.. My piece, &#8220;Mr. Bryant, Take Down the Flag,&#8221; came out in&#160;The Clarion Ledger this morning. In the printed version, the title is &#8220;Governor, Take Down this Flag.&#8221; For the next week or two, please head to the electronic version of the piece on the newspaper&#8217;s site. You can download&#160;and print a PDF of the article [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/mr-bryant-take-down-the-flag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Steve Earle! “Mississippi: It’s time”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Earle &#38; the Dukes, in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center, have written &#38; released a beautiful and moving song telling Mississippi &#8220;It&#8217;s Time.&#8221; Beyond writing a great tune, Earle has also done something he&#8217;d probably be too humble to admit. Through a work of art, he has contributed to moral leadership. He [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/thank-you-steve-earle-mississippi-its-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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