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		<title>Tehran Times Front Page on ‘Uniting MS’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the front page of February 28th&#8217;s&#160;Tehran Times.&#160;I gave an interview on&#160;Uniting Mississippi&#160;and was honored with some pretty cool real estate in the paper. Here&#8217;s an image of the cover and below that I&#8217;ve got links for a clipped PDF of the interview and to the regular text version on their site: Click on [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/tehran-times-front-page-on-uniting-ms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Videoed Talk on ‘Uniting Mississippi’ at USM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#160;beautiful. Dr. Sam Bruton in the Philosophy and Religion department at USM organizes the Philosophical Fridays program, which [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/videoed-talk-on-uniting-mississippi-at-usm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview on BAM South’s Midlife Criss podcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2016 02:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 6, 2016, With host Jack Criss, and guests Kinsella, Weber, and Rings. I had a great time talking with Jack Criss on BAM South&#8217;s Midlife Criss podcast. The interview will soon be up on BAM South&#8217;s site, but for now Jack&#8217;s posted the interview on Sound Cloud. The player is here below. Jack is a great M.C. and he had questions for me about&#160;Uniting Mississippi. My interview [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/interview-on-bam-souths-midlife-criss-podcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uniting the States? Brainstorming a Trajectory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 04:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in graduate school, looking at the job market, I remember feeling perplexed at certain questions about the future of my career. Some colleges and universities ask you about your &#8220;research trajectory.&#8221; Finishing a dissertation prepares you with a stack of paper, but now it&#8217;s supposed to be nimble and fly like an [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/uniting-the-states-brainstorming-a-trajectory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video of my Interview on WLOV of Tupelo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, &#160;I&#8217;m posting here below my interview on WLOV of Tupelo&#8217;s This Morning show with Katrina Berry. Also, below that is a photo of the nice layout that Reed&#8217;s Gumtree Bookstore setup for the book signing later that day. Katrina was a lovely person who was kind and encouraging. As I said, she drove [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/video-of-my-interview-on-wlov-of-tupelo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Philosophy Is Worth It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2015 03:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve tried my hand at a few new kinds of public engagement efforts that have borne fruit.&#160;The latest&#160;example for me is&#160;in seeking TV interviews to talk about issues in public philosophy, particularly some ideas about how I think Mississippi could benefit from good democratic leadership. I&#8217;m headed to Tupelo, MS for an interview on WLOV&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/public-philosophy-is-worth-it/">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>
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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>
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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>
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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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