Why does the US fight a war few people want and from which nearly everyone suffers? Three ideologies drive it: identity, materialism, and high-tech militarism.

Jürgen Habermas, who died on March 14 at the age of 96, was the world’s foremost social philosopher. I reflect on what I’ve learned from his pathbreaking work.

America’s unprovoked war on Iran is illegitimate and unjustified. In addition to pragmatic concerns, we need to ask about global justice and genuine freedom.

Dylan’s album Slow Train Coming and Goudzwaard’s book Capitalism and Progress, both published in 1979, raise the same question: How do we resist societal evil?

Bonhoeffer knew: Christian support for fascism creates a crisis of faith. Can those who resist fascism out of love for neighbor still be called Christians?

Texas politician James Talarico promotes a “politics of love.” I reflect on what this phrase means and argue true politics will in fact be a politics of love.

Part One of Handel’s Messiah holds a big surprise. Instead of celebrating almighty power, it presents a humble healer and calls us to pursue love and justice.

Is politics essentially deceitful? I answer no, for politics is a social domain of truth. That’s why we must resist the post-truth politics of Donald Trump.

Hannah Arendt has posed searing questions about political power and factual truth. I explore how they can help us resist Donald Trump’s post-truth politics.

One year after Donald Trump’s reelection, his double trouble continues to wreak havoc. But regimes based on violence and vainglory eventually self-destruct.

Neoliberalism cleared the path for authoritarian attacks. American universities must challenge the economic and political systems that enchain and sustain them.

Science is a social domain of truth with its own legitimate task. Facing both economic and political pressures, universities need to stay focused on this task.

Confusion about scientific truth is at the heart of public ambivalence about higher education. I address this confusion and show why scientific truth matters.

Thinking straight is part of loving the truth, but only part. In this post I explore the relation between propositional truth and what I call truth as a whole.

Confronting authoritarian attacks on science, we must reclaim ordinary propositional truth. This post explains what such truth is like and why it’s important.

To counter Trump’s attacks on American universities, academics need to become less tongue-tied about truth. This post provides a road map for our response.

In June our household unexpectedly moved from the USA to Canada. I explain why we moved and talk about the warm welcome we have received in London, Ontario.

Politically-driven despair makes it hard to sing about the dawning of the light. But Morten Lauridsen’s “O Nata Lux” can help transform the season of Advent.

The recent re-election of Donald Trump feels like a direct assault on a social vision of justice and shalom. I tell of my despair and a sense of bereavement.

November 5 is no ordinary election in the USA. Donald Trump’s malignant narcissism and committed fascism make him a double threat to America and the world.