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
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
- Apr 19
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
- Feb 22
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
- 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
- May 31, 2022
Human Dignity and the Catholic Justices
It’s becoming clearer than ever that allowing God to enter the civic realm is causing a lot of trouble. The separation of church and...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jan 18, 2022
Writing While White
It’s true that my book, A Climate of Justice, was written by a white man. Is that significant? Some white men, of course, might not see...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jan 18, 2021
The Voice of Social Justice
As I approached the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in the month before the pandemic, I heard a recording of Dr. King’s voice, a voice...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Oct 15, 2020
My Interview with Ann Coney Barrett
This interview may seem a bit strange, since I composed the whole thing. Still, your nomination to the Supreme Court raises some...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Oct 8, 2020
How To Protect What We Share
First lesson from 2020: We cannot protect what we have without protecting what we share. In Southern Oregon, fires destroyed the small...
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Marvin T. Brown
- May 12, 2020
Language matters: Should we say “plantation” or “slave farm”?
What does the term “concentration camp” bring to mind? What about “Internment camp” or “re-education center”? Is the word “plantation”...
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Marvin T. Brown
- May 4, 2020
The Public and the Social
The epidemic continues to challenge our thinking and feelings about our understanding of ourselves. Sickness and death, of course, are...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Apr 6, 2020
Trump Voters vs. Public Health
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Apr 3, 2020
Will the Epidemic Change Social Habits?
The coronavirus epidemic has certainly stopped us from doing what we usually do. Without a doubt, it has disrupted many habits, and even...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Mar 22, 2020
It’s not like war, it’s like the New Deal
In my last post, I argued that the language of war was inappropriate for talking about the coronavirus epidemic. When the Governor of...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Mar 20, 2020
The Coronavirus and the Language of War
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Mar 18, 2020
The President’s tone and a Climate of Justice
Commentators have pointed out that the President’s tone in his most recent press conferences had changed considerably from his earlier...
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