authors Archive for Robert C. Koehler

Articles by Robert C. Koehler

ukraine
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Depleted uranium, one of the playthings of war, won’t bring peace to Ukraine

young black man depression mental health
Op/Eds

Taking life for granted

nuclear weapons
Op/Eds, Politics

The nuclear apple

water
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. & World

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. & World

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

american flag
Op/Eds, U.S. & World

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

nuclear war
Op/Eds, U.S. & World

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

nuclear war
Op/Eds, U.S. & World

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

earth
U.S. & World

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

counterculture 1960s
U.S. & World

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

gun violence
U.S. & World

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

taro joy
U.S. & World

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

guns
U.S. & World

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

wokeness
U.S. & World

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

Artificial intelligence
U.S. & World

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

constitution
U.S. & World

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

tyre nichols
U.S. & World

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

american flag
U.S. & World

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

politics protest
U.S. & World

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

guns
U.S. & World

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

earth globe
U.S. & World

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

homeless man
U.S. & World

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

american flag
U.S. & World

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

climate change
U.S. & World

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