14 Jul, 2024
Democrats and Republicans Don’t Actually Hate Each Other!
Democrats and Republicans Don’t Actually Hate Each Other! by Melinda Burrell 526 words Scenes from a bipartisan effort in the...
14 Jul, 2024
25 Jun, 2024
Minding the Debate: What’s Happening to Our Brains During Election Season
Minding the Debate: What’s Happening to Our Brains During Election Season by Melinda Burrell 548 words Some of us are...
27 Jan, 2024
The Need for Understanding Never Stops
The Need for Understanding Never Stops by Robert C. Koehler 967 words I inhale the big, do-nothing shrug that always...
26 Apr, 2023
Love Thy Neighbor: A National Conversation
Love Thy Neighbor: A National Conversation by Robert C. Koehler 981 words Can we form a circle big enough to...
30 Dec, 2022
Unity in the community, or, how I learned to get along with my enemies
For years I taught a graduate class, Identity Conflict, and I would begin the term by noting that trying to...
9 Dec, 2022
The paradox of the New McCarthyism
For Kevin McCarthy to realize his ambition and become the next Speaker of the House he will need to secure the necessary 218 votes. His willingness to say and do (or abandon) whatever is required to increase his political fortune has been demonstrated throughout his career, but it will come with a cost.
24 Nov, 2022
Ubuntu or collective suicide
I stroke the killer’s hatred and certainty, knowing the answer we all ache for — why? — will not be forthcoming.
9 Nov, 2022
Seeking a vaccine against meanness and hate
When far right Canadian extremist David DePape smashed his hammer into a patio glass door to gain entrance into the San Francisco home Paul Pelosi shares with his wife
6 Jan, 2022
The myth of the good war
The myth of the good war by Robert C. Koehler 987 words Published in: LA Progressive, Augusta Free Press, Black...
17 Oct, 2021
Is Trump’s violent dishonesty inexorable?
A year ago, when I examined the lessons of hatred and political violence in the US, I made note of the ugly role dehumanization and hate played in the alt-right’s support of Donald Trump.
16 Jan, 2021
Honoring Dr. King
Today our American family dysfunction is on display for all the world to see...
13 Jan, 2021
The Ever-Changing Shape of Love
The Ever-Changing Shape of Love by Winslow Myers 670 words Published in: LA Progressive, The Berkeley Independent, Counterpunch, The Westside...
31 Oct, 2019
Should you be afraid of the fascists in your community?
“I get accused of “being over-the-top” and using hyperbole by conservative friends and acquaintances with increasing frequency. This is caused,...
2 Aug, 2019
An Open Letter to Venango County Court
“My friend and his family are people of color, innocent, American, and just a family…” Author: Wim Laven Published in:...
20 Jan, 2019
What Makes America Great?
“On Saturday January 18th, 2019 during the Indigenous People’s March in Washington D.C. Nathan Phillips showed what makes America great…”...