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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 29, 2023
A Conceivable Letter to House Representative Mike Johnson
Dear Mr. Johnson, People like me and people like you don’t often talk with each other, so I thought I would write a letter to propose...
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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 15, 2023
Cooperation vs Domination
Cooperation seems so normal. When I first looked at Bernard E. Harcourt’s book titled “Cooperation,” I wasn’t sure it was worth a...
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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 24, 2023
The Protection of Civilians
A dominant theme of The Climate of Justice is that developing a social climate of justice requires the protection of civilians. Since...
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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 10, 2023
Our Shared, but Not Common Humanity
Central to the development of a climate of Justice is the discernment that we are all equal in different ways. In a sense, only when we...
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 27, 2023
Signs of Justice
How can we tell if we are moving toward a climate of justice? What are the signs we should be looking for? There are signs we are moving...
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 13, 2023
How can Catholics become Originalists?
Maybe a weird question until you remember that the US Supreme Court is dominated by Catholic originalists. Now that is something to...
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Marvin T. Brown
Aug 28, 2023
Three Images of our Federal Government
It seems abundantly clear that we cannot adequately address the climate crisis without the appropriate government policies and...
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Marvin T. Brown
Aug 9, 2023
Civic vs Religious Disagreement
It’s hard to underestimate the significance of the separation between church and state. Simply put, it grounds our answers to questions...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 20, 2023
The trouble with Christian Nationalism
What’s troubling about Christian Nationalism is not only its arrogance, but also its withdrawal from reality. At least that seems to be...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 17, 2023
Reparations Benefit All of Us
Some of the talk about reparations seems to assume that reparations will only benefit Black people, but unrepaired social injustices...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 8, 2023
The Civic and The Christian Imagination
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 19, 2023
Public Bias
Last week Twitter changed the label on NPR’s (National Public Radio) Twitter account to “Government-funded Media.” NPR responded by...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 27, 2023
Why do we exist?
Perhaps it was an accident. Evolution simply did not know when to stop. The planet appears to have been fine without us. There were...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 15, 2023
Is America a Nation without a Country?
The highly regarded writer and activist, Wendell Berry, thinks so. In his latest book, The Need to be Whole: Patriotism and the History...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 22, 2023
America’s Soul and The Climate of Injustice
When Joe Biden spoke of saving “America’s soul” on the campaign trail, I hoped it was a temporary lapse, but it seems I was wrong. He...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 2, 2023
The Context of Character
Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his “I Have A Dream” speech that he hoped that one day his children would be judged not by the color of...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jan 18, 2023
The Gift We Need
When you visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, I suggest you get a cup for your morning coffee. I would not assume that we...
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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 22, 2022
The Climate in Egypt and Qatar
If you want to see what a “climate of justice” looks like, look at the COP27 meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. First, the rich nations...
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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 1, 2022
Protecting the Earth’s Integrity
To create a sustainable future, we had better learn how to protect the Earth’s integrity. We could start by knowing what violating its...
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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 19, 2022
Let money and knowledge flow freely
In a climate of justice, money and knowledge would flow freely. Instead of banks only giving money to those with an acceptable credit...
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