David HendersonIn which a groundhog asserts his rights to my gardenThis broad field which I have looked at so long looks not to me as the principal cultivator, but away from me to influences more genial to…·2 min read·Apr 20, 2021--1--1
David HendersonA Constitutional Amendment for the EnvironmentGiven our imminent turn to a more conservative Supreme Court, and Given the skepticism that our conservative justices have shown about the…·1 min read·Oct 6, 2020----
David HendersonRefusing to Apply the Law: A Critique of Conservative JurisprudenceA friend recently shared a comment on social media to the effect that conservative justices apply the law, while liberal ones make it up…·3 min read·Oct 1, 2020----
David HendersonWarrantless Border Detentions are Illegal: a brief argumentHuman rights, as recognized in international and US constitutional law, are routinely infringed by our border policies and infrastructure…·3 min read·Aug 20, 2020----
David HendersonInequality Distorts MarketsI’m surprised by what is missing in popular debates about economic inequality. A few arguments get repeated over and over — namely, that…·4 min read·Jun 4, 2020--3--3
David HendersonAbout the EconomyThere is a lot of discussion right now about how to save the economy, or whether certain trade-offs are permissible in order to save the…·4 min read·Apr 24, 2020--1--1
David HendersonThoughts on Public Science, Prompted by Corvid-19 and the Climate CrisisPublic science is an essential part of our democracy, but not one that is always so well appreciated or supported. This may be because we…·2 min read·Apr 3, 2020--1--1
David HendersonCOVID-19 and Mother NatureHere is this vast, savage, hovering mother of ours, Nature, lying all around, with such beauty, and such affection for her children, as…·2 min read·Mar 31, 2020--1--1
David HendersonLocal Resilience as Climate ActionAs we face the awful exigencies of the climate crisis, there are choices to make in how we direct our limited capacity to respond. Our…·2 min read·Nov 19, 2019----
David HendersonThe Anthropocene and the Perils of AbstractionThis essay is adapted from a talk first delivered at Akaki Tsereteli State University in Kutaisi, Georgia, November 1, 2019. It was part…·11 min read·Nov 8, 2019--2--2