I welcome in the new year with a sense of abstract helplessness, as the headlines continue to bring us dead children, bombed hospitals, torture, rape and,...
Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com.
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25 December 2024
Dig, ponder, dig some more.
A year ago I wrote a column about some of the early moments of my growing up – not just memories but profound...
18 December 2024
More than fifteen years after the “kids for cash” scandal shocked the nation,...
11 December 2024
You may not have noticed this. The world “celebrated” International Human Rights Day the other day, even as wars across the planet continued, bombs fell,...
04 December 2024
War, war and more war.
It’s only possible for one reason: the belief that only some people are fully human. Those who aren’t . . . well, they can be...
27 November 2024
As Christian nationalism, the political right and Trump-mania seem to tighten their grip on the country, maybe now is the time for me to take a deep dig...