Posts in category VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT / ACTING NOW IS MORALLY RIGHT. NOT ACTING IS MORALLY WRONG By W. Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. Forgive me for sounding a lot like Dean …

VIEWPOINT / ATTACK ONTHE DEMOCRATIC STATE By Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. The trucker protest at Canadian border and in Ottawa is a fascinating development in a …

VIEWPOINT / A NATION DIVIDED By W. Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. As a nation, we are divided into halves, one not resembling the other. As if …

VIEWPOINT / SCOTUS ORDERS THE KILLING OF 6,500 AMERICANS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS OF THOUSANDS—CLAIMS SAVING LIVES AND PREVENTING HOSPITAL OVERLOAD IS NOT THEIR ROLE By W. …

VIEWPOINT / HOW BAD CAN IT BE? By W. Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. I see the GOP’s devolvement into what appears to be a form of …

VIEWPOINT / When Lying Has the Potential to Kill  By W. Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. “What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, Brick? …

VIEWPOINT  / WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR SCHOOLS?  By W. Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. The matter of who determines whether local school districts can mandate …

VIEWPOINT / WHO IS TO BLAME? By W. Timothy Weaver,  Ph.D. Anyone with empathy greater than a mealworm has to be moved by scenes on …

VEIWPOINT / EQUALISM OR EQUITY: IS THE FDR SOCIAL CONTRACT BROKEN? By Timothy Weaver We all agree as a supposition that society benefits from selecting …

VIEWPOINT / THE PARTY OF SUBTRACTION Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. One of the major parties in the US has become a party that chooses to lead …

VIEWPOINT / CULTS AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL By Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. How do we explain the Trumpian cult effect? Several scholars report that cults in American …

VIEWPOINT By Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Boston University This is the time of year when graduating seniors have questions about higher education. These answers …

VIEWPOINT / DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S DILEMMA By Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. It’s a chicken-egg dilemma of the highest order. Without political power, Democrats can’t pursue three major reforms …

VIEWPOINT / Ignorance and Social Media By Timothy Weaver, Ph.D. On ignorance and social media. The rhapsodic devotion to Trump is a phenomenon of our …