It’s too easy to reduce acts of kindness to an “aw, isn’t that nice?” sort of irrelevance. What if we thought about them, instead, as templates for foreign...
Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com.
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28 November 2015
“Since the people are sovereign under our Constitution . . .”
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24 November 2015
I’m sitting in the aftermath of Paris, feeling emotions tear me apart. One of the emotions is joy. My daughter, who lives there, is safe.
Has “joy”...
15 November 2015
“By God,” Bush said in triumph, “we’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all.”
This was Bush 41, a quarter of a century ago, celebrating the...
30 October 2015
So South Carolina has a special crime category called “disturbing schools,” which seems to be creating just that: disturbing schools. Very disturbing...
21 October 2015
Political wisdom always has a sharp, cynical edge. You can’t utter it without feeling the throb of ancient wounds.
For instance: “If voting changed...