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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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...

20 November 2024

If you want to play the game of politics, here’s step one: Reduce everything to a linear political viewpoint: “right” or “left.” No matter how deep and...

13 November 2024

“America is for Americans – Americans only!”

The words are those of...

07 November 2024

I guess I’d call the Trump victory an “expected” shock.

In the deepest core of my being, I was unhappy with virtually everything about the election:...

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