8 Jul, 2019
Nonviolence and trust
“This week I joined others from my town in a State Department initiative called City Pair; in this case, “pairing”...
27 Feb, 2019
The Squirming Buddha
“The world hemorrhages. Refugees flow from its wounds. Is there a way to be innocent of this?…” Robert C. Koehler...
16 Jan, 2019
What about open borders?
“There are things that go unquestioned in the national discussion. Because this is a country wrapped in fear and self-importance,...
11 Jun, 2017
National Illusions and Global Realities
“For as long as they have existed, nations have clung to the illusion that their military strength guarantees their security…”...
21 Apr, 2017
We just paid our taxes — are they making the U.S. and the world safer?
“While we don’t know how much President Donald Trump paid in taxes this year, or even if he paid any...
23 Oct, 2016
Open letter to Secretary Clinton and Senator Kaine
“I am unreservedly delighted that Secretary Clinton picked Senator Kaine and assume that all is on track for both of...
21 Oct, 2016
Commander In Chief
“Maybe it’s the phrase — “Commander in Chief” — that best captures the transcendent absurdity and unaddressed horrors of the...
7 Oct, 2016
Why Aleppo is the symptom of what is wrong with how we deal with atrocities
““Never again!” is once again brought to our attention as we are facing killing and suffering of civilians on a...
5 Aug, 2016
What’s Best for Children?
“The policy of nuclear deterrence is a raging failure masked as a roaring success. It is a failure because if...
4 Aug, 2016
Your Money Better Spent
“Americans are consistently told that we do not have funds to support the programs that uplift people in our society”...
29 Jul, 2016
Voting for Fear
“Watching the electoral cycle this year is like watching an old movie from a warped film reel with the sound...
28 Jul, 2016
WILD TURKEY WITH H-BOMB: Failed Coup Heightens Calls for Denuclearization
“An explosive cocktail of political instability mixed with 90 U.S. H-bombs raises the specter of accidental or suicidal nuclear detonation...
28 Jul, 2016
Real Cooperation with Nations Is the Best Survival Tactic
“Unexamined assumptions are the real dictators in culture and society. Too many people in the U.S. believe that human beings...
21 Jul, 2016
Volatile America
“In a flash I thought, oh God, the civil war has started. Then the headlines shifted and, for the moment,...
17 Jul, 2016
The Superpowers Are Violent Powers
“If asked to identify the world’s superpowers today, most people would name the United States, Russia, and China. Although many...