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...
““They were covered with blood and burned and blackened and swollen, and the flesh was hanging from the bones. Parts...
“As election 2020 draws ever closer, the flawed, easily gamed nature of the American quasi-democracy becomes increasingly visible, thanks, of...
“Here’s a quietly unsettling moment from the current cries for change churning across the nation:…” Robert C. Koehler Published in:...
““There are so many . . . primitive tribes — they don’t understand anything.” The global movement to end racism...
“Change. Now. I get that, and understand the symbolism of packed heat. A gun says: We mean business…” Robert C....
“Topple a few statues, remove some iconic names from American institutions . . . and the ghosts of the past...
“Maybe CHOP won’t last, but something is changing. Our national groupthink, as maintained with such stalwart certainty over the last...
“Well, he deserved to die, didn’t he? He fought, he ran, he grabbed the cop’s taser and fired it. And...
“Is George Floyd today’s Emmett Till? Is the nation moving beyond, oh God, its third manifestation of “legal” racism? The...
“his is so much bigger than personal accountability. Yes, the four police officers present at the Memorial Day killing of...
““Guns aren’t just a danger in and of themselves,” writes Noah Berlatsky at Quartz. “They enable a policing philosophy built...
“How deep does American racism go? And is it possible to uproot it?” Robert C. Koehler Published in: Bainbridge Island...
““I’ll never tire of repeating: We need to demilitarize world affairs, international politics and political thinking.” What if a world...
“At a time when the president wants to reopen the economy — but not the borders! — it’s time to...
““The vet in the mirror may be wounded in the soul — and it is your duty to carry this...