Ellsberg’s awareness that the harm the war was doing, the innocent people it was killing, the unending hell it was creating, mattered.
Author: Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler is an award-winning Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. He has received multiple awards for writing and journalism from organizations including the National Newspaper Association, Suburban Newspapers of America, and the Chicago Headline Club. He's a regular contributor to such high-profile websites as Common Dreams and the Huffington Post. Eschewing political labels, Koehler considers himself a "peace journalist." He has been an editor at Tribune Media Services and a reporter, columnist and copy desk chief at Lerner Newspapers, a chain of neighborhood and suburban newspapers in the Chicago area. Koehler launched his column in 1999. He earned a master's degree in creative writing from Columbia College and has taught writing at both the college and high school levels. Koehler is a widower and single parent. He explores both conditions at great depth in his writing. His book, Courage Grows Strong at the Wound (2016). Contact him or visit his website at commonwonders.com.