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21 August 2008
Predator and prey
Robert Koehler
Bad bear!

Within the false outrage coursing through much of mainstream politics and the media, there is a grudging reverence for the brutality of...
14 August 2008
Civilian diplomacy
Robert Koehler
Peace is no more — and no less — than the audacity of sanity, reaching past the dubious geopolitics of national self-interest and standing, as Hank Brusselback...
25 July 2008
The next New Yorker cover
Robert Koehler
Since I’m usually one of the last people in the country to get my copy of the New Yorker (well, it sure seems like it), I’m aware of any excitement or...
18 July 2008
Stigmatizing war
Robert Koehler
The moral center of humanity slowly asserts itself. Only the most powerful are too afraid to join.

You may have missed the news: At the end of May...
10 July 2008
Steel rain
Robert Koehler
"Civilian casualties have been a continuing issue in Afghanistan, and President Karzai has rebuked American and NATO forces for what he has called carelessness...
07 June 2008
Now what?
Robert Koehler
Funny how we can’t seem to hear the truth until it’s uttered by a professional liar.

Thus Scott McClellan, who was George Bush’s press secretary...

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