“And some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must...
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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10 January 2024
“I am begging the world: stop all the wars, stop killing people, stop killing babies. War is not the answer. . . .War is not how you fix things. This...
03 January 2024
Perhaps the primary value of war – from the point of view of national leaders and their loyal followers – is that it places 100 percent of the blame for...
27 December 2023
“Red Rover, Red Rover, let Bobby come over!”
I can feel the wind on my face, the gravel at my feet – oh so minutely, but with enough realness to pull...
20 December 2023
What’s ordinary about life suddenly becomes sacred. This is my definition of poetry — my deepest plunge into being alive.
It seems more relevant than...
13 December 2023
There are a number of blatant ways for terrorist organizations – by which I mean national governments – to justify committing mass murder.
Once you...