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29 October 2009
Single-eye vision
Robert Koehler
“What is seen with one eye has no depth.”

I’m thinking, as I ponder the wisdom of Ursula LeGuin, that American culture is at the end of what it...
26 October 2009
Accepting the prize
Robert Koehler
I may be wrong, but I think Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because the selection committee was feeling as soul sick as I do at the ebbing of...
28 August 2009
The scapegoat's apology
Robert Koehler
I don’t begrudge William Calley his remorse about My Lai, but I’m hesitant to acknowledge his apology for it.

If you steal $10 from your mother,...
30 July 2009
Cheap frames
Robert Koehler
Before I know it I’m sucked into the New York Times story and I haven’t had my Prozac or anything.

Through the miracle of language, here we are,...
18 July 2009
The heart of the future
Robert Koehler
Last week’s announcement from Moscow, of a new treaty between the U.S. and Russia to begin cutting their nuclear stockpiles by a quarter to a third, is indeed...
02 July 2009
"W" is for withdrawl
Robert Koehler
“From now on, the war they started is ours.”

Seemingly these words of an Iraqi soldier, noted in a Guardian U.K. story, were uttered in pride....

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