There is nothing simple about identity politics, even though it belongs to the basic creed of our nation: E pluribus unum out of many,...

On the one hand, our pluralistic society is taking a serious hit. On the other hand, communities of solidarity are supporting each...

If one’s “conscience” refers to one’s awareness or focus, then there doesn’t seem to be much space or time in this campaign for a “civic...

What is joy in a climate of injustice?  How should we think about Kamala Harris’s politics of joy?   First, it is a radical contrast from...

If I understand you correctly, you want to do “God’s will,” and that you know “God’s will” from the Bible, which is “God’s Word.”  In...

Of the many barriers to a climate of justice, few appear as difficult to overcome as the contempt for the rule of law that we are...

In a liberal household and even in a liberal society, we tend to let each other keep their memories, even when we disagree.  Most of us...

Political campaigns always occur in some context, and it turns out that the context makes quite a difference.  I will use the...

Cooperation seems so normal. When I first looked at Bernard E. Harcourt’s book titled “Cooperation,” I wasn’t sure it was worth a...

It’s hard to underestimate the significance of the separation between church and state. Simply put, it grounds our answers to questions...

Some may imagine the civic as a space for doing good, which is fine if it doesn’t deny social estrangements. Once we include social...

Last week Twitter changed the label on NPR’s (National Public Radio) Twitter account to “Government-funded Media.” NPR responded by...

President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan by September 1 came, as he said, from his very core. For him, it was the right...

Sometimes “we cannot just get along” because we don’t see a deeper mutuality that underlies our conflict. And sometimes, we become so...

What does the term “concentration camp” bring to mind? What about “Internment camp” or “re-education center”? Is the word “plantation”...

The epidemic continues to challenge our thinking and feelings about our understanding of ourselves. Sickness and death, of course, are...

I can imagine that some Trump voters have rolled their eyes more than once when learning what they voted for when voting for Trump. The...

The coronavirus epidemic has certainly stopped us from doing what we usually do. Without a doubt, it has disrupted many habits, and even...

In my last post, I argued that the language of war was inappropriate for talking about the coronavirus epidemic. When the Governor of...

My last post caught what turned out to be a brief moment when the President’s tone at a press conference appeared to express a concern...