Menace is incompatible with freedom
On the day Renee Good was murdered, I saw my country burning—not from the righteous and necessary rejection of the horror of a rogue regime, but from the cruelty and corruption of that regime. People resisting evil brought peace and reverence; those pretending to represent the law brought chaos and terror. It was, in the midst…
Renee Nicole Good should still be alive today
On January 7, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mom, was murdered in her SUV on a residential street in Minneapolis. She was killed by an ICE agent who carefully maneuvered around to the driver’s side fender of her vehicle, leaned over the hood, and began shooting her in the face, for no reason. When she…
Outlook for 2026: Peace & prosperity need roots
2025 was a year of deep and far-reaching disruption, tragic preventable mass death, and staggering breakdown in public trust. The risks and costs stemming from the deviations of 2025 will be with us for generations to come. 2026 presents an opportunity to set humankind on course for healing and liberation. The ‘K-shaped economy’ is failure. Whether that…
On the way to nowhere
We must choose between the road to nowhere and a living Earth. We are blessed beyond description to live on this planet. All of the collisions and creative destruction of cosmic history have led to the miraculous state of a world that is fit for…
Pearl Harbor reminds us why free people resist totalitarian terror
84 years ago yesterday, an unprovoked act of mass murder pulled the United States into the Second World War. Japanese war planes bombed the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, on the island of O’ahu, ostensibly to prevent the U.S. from resisting fascist and imperial takeovers…
Our Planet is a Watershed
An ethical and practical exploration of climate disruption and the future of human development On November 25, 2025, Climate Civics Executive Director Joseph Robertson gave a guest lecture and led a condensed future-visioning exercise for the St. John’s University course Economics of Sustainable Development.…
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