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18 January 2013
The Empowerment Project
Robert Koehler
Finally, perhaps, this is bigger than personal safety. It’s about rescuing our humanity.

Two images compete for my attention as I write this, a...
10 January 2013
Unarmed Empowerment
Robert Koehler
“But my instinct was that if someone is shooting at you, it is generally better to shoot back than to cower and pray.”

This is the hidden argument...
03 January 2013
The Social Context of Mass Murder
Robert Koehler
Hey, loser!

And so the nail is driven in. This is isolation; this is the coffin. And there are so many ways of saying it.

The social...
07 December 2012
Pile of Skulls
Robert Koehler
The boy is in his bed crying because there’s a monster in the room. Dad walks in, snaps on the light . . .

This is the setup for Joe Dator’s...
30 November 2012
Brand Names and Mass Graves
Robert Koehler
Cheap clothes!

Their cost, it turns out, is beyond calculation.

“Babul Mia said he identified his wife Mariam Begum, 25, who was...
16 November 2012
Honor and Rape
Robert Koehler
Here’s one take on U.S. militarism and the culture of domination:

“Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and...

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