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Robert C. Koehler

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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15 February 2014
Asphyxiating Education
Robert C. Koehler
“The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college...
11 February 2014
A Bug on the Windshield
Robert C. Koehler
The young guys were half a block ahead of us. Nothing was happening except that they were walking. A police car pulled up behind them, slowed to their pace,...
30 January 2014
Abolishing War, Resurrectiong Fallujah
Robert C. Koehler
Iraq vet Ross Caputi’s film opens with a fleeting synopsis of the American heartbreak — and the bandage we tape across it.

His documentary, Fear...
23 January 2014
Beyond Our Broken Dreams
Robert C. Koehler
Every night gunshots lullaby me to sleep

In ruins of abandoned buildings

the broken glass is

where we bottle up all our...
17 January 2014
Bereft of Democracy
Robert C. Koehler
“(Chris) Christie is the caricature of a Third World despot,” writes Chris Hedges of the reeling New Jersey governor. “He has a vicious temper, a propensity to...
10 January 2014
Cosmetic Surgery
Robert C. Koehler
“In Iraq, al-Qaeda launched an offensive to take control of two cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, that U.S. troops sacrificed heavily to clear of terrorists between...

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