authors Archive for Robert C. Koehler

Articles by Robert C. Koehler

nuclear weapons
Op/Eds, Politics

The nuclear apple

Economy, Environment, Op/Eds

Water is life, for the privileged

refugees immigrants
Op/Eds, Politics

National policy wrapped in razor wire, Robert Frost

climate change
Environment, Op/Eds, Politics

Facing climate change as one world

Oppenheimer
Op/Eds, Politics

Listening to Oppenheimer, seven decades later

prison jail
Op/Eds, Police, Politics, Schools

Spare the handcuffs, spoil the child? Schools are over-criminalized, under-resourced

bee hives
Op/Eds

It’s time to stop the ‘insect apocalypse’

john f kennedy
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S.

John F. Kennedy was killed, and the pursuit of peace ground to a halt

veteran uniform
Economy, Op/Eds, Schools

Poverty? Collapsing infrastructure? Underfunded schools? No. We need more war

refugees immigrants
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S.

The media never asks why there are so many migrants: $8 trillion on wars is a start

american flag
Op/Eds, U.S.

We can transcend our limits, even when doing so means breaking the law

nuclear war
Op/Eds, U.S.

Humanity, divided into ‘us’ and ‘them,’ is threatening itself with suicide

nuclear war
Op/Eds, U.S.

The basic premise of war is kill the bad guys: How does this make us secure?

earth
U.S.

Now is the time to reclaim and start valuing our divided, precious planet

counterculture 1960s
U.S.

Blast from the past: Digitization project allows me to revisit the counterculture

gun violence
U.S.

Let there be no mistake: The era of Eternal War includes America’s mass shootings

taro joy
U.S.

The journey into the world of Taro Joy: A world of risk and pain and wonder

guns
U.S.

Dehumanization makes so much possible: It’s the root of murder, and war

wokeness
U.S.

The right’s assault on the word ‘woke’ is, of course, dog-whistle racism

Artificial intelligence
U.S.

Artificial intelligence robots invade the classroom: The rise of artificial education?

constitution
U.S.

The problem with speech control: The real history of America is endlessly shocking

tyre nichols
U.S.

Here‘s what we need to defund: Our us-vs.-them mentality, which doesn’t make us safe

american flag
U.S.

‘Tragedy upon tragedy’: Can American culture rethink itself past violence?

politics protest
U.S.

‘Support for violence is no longer a fringe position’: Are we on the verge of another civil war?

guns
U.S.

One man’s freedom forces the rest of us to watch our country turn into a John Wayne movie

earth globe
U.S.

How can the U.S. become a country with a creative foreign policy?

homeless man
U.S.

Seeking warmth, in different ways, in the record cold over Christmas

american flag
U.S.

‘How exactly is diversity our strength?’ It’s not just an infuriating nuisance

climate change
U.S.

Racial, ethnic differences maintain the illusion that ‘their’ lives don’t matter

children read
U.S.

The current political rallying cry: Don’t make the children uncomfortable!

american flag
U.S.

America needs to wake up to the horrors of its hate: ‘I am because you are’