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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
January 10, 2023
What is democracy but platitudes and dog whistles? The national direction is quietly predetermined — it’s not up for debate. The president’s role is to sell it to the public; you might say he’s the public-relations director in chief:
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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
October 22, 2022
“When militarism is addressed as a psychosocial disease, the absurd irrationality of its symptoms is clearly exposed.”
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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
October 2, 2022
What does surrender look like in the world of geopolitics? To my mind, this gets pretty close:
“President Biden’s national security adviser said on Sunday that the United States had warned Russia that there would be ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the country if Moscow used nuclear weapons in its increasing desperation to hold on to territory in Ukraine.”
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In this video, Rosie remembers Hiroshima Day, and how the atomic bombing affected the entire globe.
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by Graham Peebles
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
July 7, 2017
The existence of nuclear weapons is an ugly symbol of the violent consciousness that plagues humanity. Despite tremendous technological advancements, developments in health care and wonders of creative expression, little of note has changed in humanity’s collective consciousness: Tribalism, idealism and selfish desire persist, negative tendencies that under the pervasive socio-economic systems are exacerbated and encouraged. People and nations are set in competition with one another, separation and mistrust is fed, leading to disharmony, fear and conflict.
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