Robert C. Koehler

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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30 January 2014

Abolishing War, Resurrectiong Fallujah

Robert C. Koehler

Iraq vet Ross Caputi’s film opens with a fleeting synopsis of the American heartbreak — and the bandage we tape across it.

His documentary, Fear...

23 January 2014

Beyond Our Broken Dreams

Robert C. Koehler

Every night gunshots lullaby me to sleep

In ruins of abandoned buildings

the broken glass is

where we bottle up all our...

17 January 2014

Bereft of Democracy

Robert C. Koehler

“(Chris) Christie is the caricature of a Third World despot,” writes Chris Hedges of the reeling New Jersey governor. “He has a vicious temper, a propensity to...

10 January 2014

Cosmetic Surgery

Robert C. Koehler

“In Iraq, al-Qaeda launched an offensive to take control of two cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, that U.S. troops sacrificed heavily to clear of terrorists between...

19 December 2013

The Code of Shame

Robert C. Koehler

“I’m dying to know what it’s like to love somebody — to know what it feels like to be wanted.” — Art Corneau

So we need a documentary to break...

12 December 2013

Nuclear Disamament:: Beyond Iran

Robert C. Koehler

Iran! So long our enemy-in-waiting, just asking for it, y’know?

No wonder Americans are confused about the idea of maybe not going to war with...