20 Dec, 2022
Choosing to live
A simple wish to be free from harm is not something that we are all granted at this time.
20 Dec, 2022
14 Dec, 2022
The Powell Memo revisited
Justice, it seems, is hard to find. Thousands of grassroots organizations across the country seek justice for their concerns. In the US, some 13,785 nonprofits work for civil rights and social justice. Organizations focused on international justice such as peace, refugees, and international aid number 23,532. There are 27,402 environmental groups.
9 Oct, 2022
There is an alternative to war
The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to ravage the world.
25 Sep, 2022
Taking aim at the Second Amendment
Taking aim at the Second Amendment by Tom H. Hastings 614 words It is long past time to repeal the...
1 Sep, 2022
Staring into the eyes of the wolf
Close your eyes and try to envision the two wolves. Imagine yourself as a terrified child.
29 May, 2022
Welcome, children
Welcome, children, to the world we so-called adults are handing over to you—a planetary culture of lies and power...
27 May, 2022
Beyond gun control, we need hatred control
Another terrorist slips into the classroom, into the news. Does anyone understand this? Even if guns are easily, readily available, why, why, why? I find it impossible even to be angry — it’s hard to be angry under incomprehensible circumstances...
22 Apr, 2022
Humanity: Evolving in spite of itself
As wars rage, as cruelty shatters lives across the planet — as nuclear Armageddon remains a viable option for all of us — I think it’s time to claim some stunning awareness in this regard.
9 Apr, 2022
Standing together for the sacred
Standing together for the sacred by Robert C. Koehler 947 words The soul of humanity cries out from the crowded...
10 Feb, 2022
Talk Putin off the ledge
What if we could stop war? What if we could stop Russia from invading Ukraine? Because of one man, Vladimir Putin, and his personal desire to grow an empire, an estimated 50,000 people will die if he invades, tens of millions if it snaps the nuclear tripwire.
8 Feb, 2022
War vs bridges
The worst tragedies are preventable tragedies. We see them in the news: apartment fires due to space heaters, traffic accidents caused by drivers under the influence, or medical errors to name a few.
28 Jan, 2022
Let’s not allow the great powers to destroy the world
The vast destruction wrought by the atomic bombing of Japan in August 1945 should have been enough to convince national governments that the game of war was over...
26 Jan, 2022
4 good reasons not to go to war in Ukraine
The last thing any of us need is a war with Russia over the Ukraine. You don’t need to know much about foreign policy to know that.
14 Jan, 2022
Untangling ourselves from the dark side
Guess what? I direct the following insight to, among others, the U.S. Congress, which annually and without comment, with only a few objectors, passes a trillion-dollar (and growing) military budget, by far the largest such budget on Planet Earth...
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...