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30 October 2008
The time has come
Robert Koehler
President-elect Obama . . .

I’m daring my own heart to write these words, to let hope’s preview ignite me for an instant. Despite all my...
22 October 2008
Redesigning democracy
Robert Koehler
Two seconds of radio news was enough — suddenly the 2008 presidential campaign collapsed around me in an unrecognizable heap of consumer politics as I ate...
17 October 2008
Our national juncture
Robert Koehler
Here’s the difference between vote fraud, which is real, and voter fraud, which, though almost nonexistent, has instantly gripped the popular imagination:...
08 October 2008
Brace yourself
Robert Koehler
Call it, what, our crapshoot democracy?

The looming election — the process itself, not merely the feints and jabs of the candidates — is actually...
04 October 2008
The war to promote terror
Robert Koehler
The “necessary war” in Afghanistan, which both presidential candidates support — the one, you know, that’s really about terrorists and Osama and all — raises...
04 September 2008
Logical consequences
Robert Koehler
Call it creative self-destruction, maybe.

How surreal it’s been this week to watch the Republicans reap a small portion of the divine comeuppance...

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