Like the natural world, the world of politics changes temperature depending on its climate.  The current heat waves, fires, and floods...

I’ve been surprised that many people have chosen to read chapters of my book, A Climate of Justice, rather than download the whole book. ...

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...

Is the United States in or of America?  Maybe a strange question, but perhaps one that can shed some light on our climate of injustice...

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

It could be that our government continues to ship bombs to Israel because we, like Israel, are a settler nation.  In different ways...

As I enter the 4th year of writing posts for the Climate of Justice Project, it seems like a good idea to share the blog’s list of...

We know more about Trump’s people then what we can glean from Jan 6.  They have been around for a long time striving to prevent changes...

David French recently wrote in the NYTimes that it would be a good idea to not use “D.E.I.” anymore because it has been misused...

One of the first principles of ethics is “just because it’s legal, doesn’t make it right.” In fact, one could make a long list of laws...

When I imagine conversations that promote a climate of justice, I have assumed that the conversations would be in our “mother tongue”—the...

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...

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

A dominant theme of The Climate of Justice is that developing a social climate of justice requires the protection of civilians. Since...

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...

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...

Maybe a weird question until you remember that the US Supreme Court is dominated by Catholic originalists. Now that is something to...

It seems abundantly clear that we cannot adequately address the climate crisis without the appropriate government policies and...

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