19 Nov, 2020
Beyond simplistic ‘peace’
Beyond simplistic ‘peace’ by Robert C. Koehler 968 words So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald...
19 Nov, 2020
12 Nov, 2020
The Biden mandate won’t go away
The Biden mandate won’t go away by Robert C. Koehler 870 words And now . . . what? Published in:...
6 Nov, 2020
Listening to Trump leaves me speechless
It’s post-election, but still up for grabs as I write, creating a post-Election Day void of painful proportions...
28 Oct, 2020
The parallel universe of peace
Here’s a piece of paradoxical news that puts even the looming U.S. presidential election in perspective: Nuclear weapons are now (or soon will be) . . . good Lord, illegal...
22 Oct, 2020
The anti-racist revolution
The nation has less than two weeks left to live in its comfort zone of platitudes. This is by far the most ominous election buildup of my...
14 Oct, 2020
Columbus Day in Pretend America
Before the fake holiday known as Columbus Day completely disappears for another year, I want to grab hold of it for a moment and look at what it really has to offer us: a dizzying dose of historical realism.
9 Oct, 2020
What comes next is up to us
What if we stopped separating the looming national chaos into separate categories —racism, climate change, war, vote suppression, election theft, pandemic, science denial, white supremacy, police brutality, etc. — and tried looking at it all at once?
1 Oct, 2020
Trump and the lost country
Where, oh where, is the United States of America — global leader, creator of democracy, hope of humankind? It certainly wasn’t up there on the debate stage last night.
17 Sep, 2020
Life in Cancer Alley
“Shut up and let corporate America — and also, for that matter, corporate Taiwan — get on with its business…”...
10 Sep, 2020
Standing Up to Trump . . . and Biden
“When I ponder the likelihood of looming electoral chaos — uncounted votes, a defeated president who won’t leave office…” Robert...
2 Sep, 2020
Is there life beyond plastic?
““Plastics!” Yeah, it’s everywhere … not just in grocery store aisles and department stores and every other commercial outlet you...
27 Aug, 2020
Ending the civil war
“This looks like the beginning of a civil war. The chaos and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin are unfolding as I...
13 Aug, 2020
War, peace and the Democrats
““They were covered with blood and burned and blackened and swollen, and the flesh was hanging from the bones. Parts...
6 Aug, 2020
Election theft and the reluctant democracy
“As election 2020 draws ever closer, the flawed, easily gamed nature of the American quasi-democracy becomes increasingly visible, thanks, of...
23 Jul, 2020
Standing up to the armed and inarticulate
“Here’s a quietly unsettling moment from the current cries for change churning across the nation:…” Robert C. Koehler Published in:...