Robert Koehler

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Robert Koehler

Koehler rejects the status quo, using his column to expose hidden truths about policy and society. His column gives a searing portrayal of the world from an outsider's perspective, and his bold views help define the debate on a wide range of subjects, including war, education and ethics. Koehler forces readers to pick a side and get in the conversation.

Robert Koehler Samples

Violence and greeting cards

My thanks to Medea Benjamin for her recent Common Dreams essay putting the spirit of Julia Ward Howe back into Mother's Day.

The moral arc of the universe

The city of Chicago and the federal government will be putting on a $55 million security extravaganza later this month to protect NATO delegates, representing the most powerful military force on the planet, from nonviolent protesters who want to s...

Invisible boundaries

Nothing fills an emotional void quite like the piercing drone of bagpipes. Oh, there she is. I sympathized with their reluctance. I knew how self-conscious I would have been. "I totally bombed calculus that first semester. She nodded.

State of fear

This was the headline: "Zimmerman, Martin's parents to face off in court." The words, of course, merely summed up a moment in the news cycle last week.

Growing up, falling in love

The AP story on military maneuvers in the Arctic reads like the gleeful report of a mugging. "To the world's military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over.

Chemical warfare

To fight our insane wars, we're wrecking our soldiers' ability to live with themselves and function in society, then regulating what's left of them with chemicals, which often make things immeasurably worse.

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