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30 October 2008
The time has come
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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 reservations (Afghanistan) and all my fears (how will they try to undermine his...
22 October 2008
Redesigning democracy
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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 breakfast.

“Redistribution of the wealth,” John the Candidate was...
17 October 2008
Our national juncture
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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:

The former is a complex, internal problem of democracy, the...
08 October 2008
Brace yourself
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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 getting some mainstream media attention, as in, ahem, voting public, excuse me,...
04 September 2008
Logical consequences
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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 due them, first from a hurricane, then from a pregnant teen-ager. Surely more of...
27 May 2008
Coexistence, not Apartheid
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Ramzy Baroud
For the last 60 years, all those who have sought a genuinely peaceful and fair solution for Israel and Palestine have faced the same obstacle — Israel's sense of invincibility and military arrogance, abetted by the US and other Western...

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