16 Sep, 2021
A national rite of passage: Beyond war
A recent New York Times op-ed was perhaps the strangest, most awkward and tentative defense of the military-industrial complex — excuse me, the experiment in democracy called America...
16 Sep, 2021
1 Jul, 2021
Transcending war: everyone wins
When will we as a nation admit it? Barbara Lee was right. She was the only member of Congress to vote against the Authorization for the Use of Military Force back in 2001, following the 9/11 disaster, which allowed George W. Bush to invade Afghanistan.
2 Apr, 2021
Ban the Death Penalty for Those with Serious Mental Illness
The death penalty is an antiquated and barbaric form of punishment. This is why most nations have ended it.
19 Mar, 2021
After 30 Years of War Against Iraq, Americans Must Make Reparations
March 20th, 2021 is the 18th anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq. However, the American war against that country did not begin in 2003.
19 Nov, 2020
Beyond simplistic ‘peace’
Beyond simplistic ‘peace’ by Robert C. Koehler 968 words Published in: City Watch LA, Pagosa Daily Post, The News International,...
29 Jan, 2020
Maneuvering hell for our advantage
“When the mainstream media writes about war, even critically, the image that often comes to mind for me is an...
8 Dec, 2019
Envisioning a united world
“Let’s bomb Iowa! Or maybe Texas or Michigan or Nebraska . . . Oh wait, I got confused for a...
3 Jul, 2019
An honorable course in Iran: End sanctions, resume dialogue
“Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about…” Author:...
18 Oct, 2017
A country, and a future, worth serving
“America’s endless war quietly moves across the broken nations of the world. Every so often, U.S. soldiers die, as four...
24 May, 2017
Cancer with political clout
“A suicide bomber inflicts hell at a concert hall in Manchester, England that’s full of children, as though that was...
18 Aug, 2016
Beyond Winning and Losing
“It’s the smallest thing in the world. Does the tennis ball land inside the line or outside? But somehow, as...
27 Apr, 2016
Can we feel the heat?
“I am travelling as a peace witness in Iraqi Kurdistan. We visited a sheikh whom I had met in Fallujah...
19 Feb, 2016
A Swollen River of Refugees
“Last month, as U.S. border patrol agents began rounding up Central American women and children denied asylum, a small group...
11 Nov, 2015
Yellow Ribbons and Endless War
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10 Sep, 2015
Rethinking Syria
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