“By God,” Bush said in triumph, “we’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all.”
This was Bush 41, a quarter of a century ago, celebrating the...
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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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30 October 2015
So South Carolina has a special crime category called “disturbing schools,” which seems to be creating just that: disturbing schools. Very disturbing...
21 October 2015
Political wisdom always has a sharp, cynical edge. You can’t utter it without feeling the throb of ancient wounds.
For instance: “If voting changed...
15 October 2015
“The Pentagon said on Saturday that it would make ‘condolence payments’ to the survivors of the American airstrike earlier this month on a hospital run by...
08 October 2015
“We tried to take a look into one of the burning buildings. I cannot describe what was inside. There are no words for how terrible it was. In the Intensive...
24 September 2015
“Native Americans have to concede that rain dances don’t work.”
Yeah, snort. How funny can you get? It’s the...