Robin Koerner
What to Do about Privilege: a Royal Standard
Said France’s president Macron to the British people on the occasion of the passing of their Queen, “To you, she was your Queen. To us,...
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Robin Koerner
- Jul 5
- 9 min
Pro-Choice. Pro-Rights. Pro-Law. Pro-SCOTUS
I am not a lawyer; I am not a woman; but I am most definitely an American. I will fight for the right of women to have safe and legal...
Robin Koerner
- Feb 16
- 6 min
Beyond Censorship: Twitter Demanded that I Lie
This is the most censorious time of my life. Considering how old I am, that’s saying something – but not anything that will surprise...
Robin Koerner
- Feb 8
- 10 min
The Politics of Place: Why Proximity Makes Progressives
Across cultures and times, areas of higher population density have been associated with more culturally progressive attitudes. Consider...
Robin Koerner
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Only my disease status - NOT my vaccine status - can affect you.
An unvaccinated person who doesn't have COVID puts others at risk exactly as much as a vaccinated one - NO RISK AT ALL. My having a...
Robin Koerner
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
Focusing on What Divides Us Divides Us
Love Doesn't Wait On Understanding Love doesn’t have to understand its object fully. Indeed, it never can. As for love, so for empathy...
Robin Koerner
- Oct 14, 2020
- 1 min
Humilitarian - my latest (and last?) politically motivated project
Quietly in the background of my life over the last year and a half or so, I've been working with volunteers to whom I am profoundly...
Robin Koerner
- Aug 10, 2020
- 9 min
Black Squares Matter: Don’t Let Social Media Turn Virtue Into Vice
In one of my professional roles, Academic Dean of an educational institute, I have the great privilege of interviewing young applicants...
Robin Koerner
- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
At Times Like These: From Just Cause to Justice
History churns up many times like these – times when a deep and persistent injustice is widely perceived and met by a singular focus and...
Robin Koerner
- Jun 17, 2019
- 12 min
Why the Confederate Flag Still Flies
Like the crack in the Liberty Bell, a symbol of America’s founding idea, a crack in American society remains as a symbol of its founding sin
Robin Koerner
- Oct 29, 2018
- 13 min
How America Made Me White
It took me a couple of seconds to get Stephen Colbert’s joke line, “I don’t see race” when I first heard it. In the USA, the joke works...
Robin Koerner
- Jan 25, 2018
- 14 min
Massive Political Change Depends on Stories – not Arguments
Philosophy Talks. History Walks. As a political activist and someone who trains others in “the art of political persuasion”, I teach a...
Robin Koerner
- Jan 2, 2018
- 8 min
The Cure for “Toxic” Masculinity Is Real Masculinity
Since the #MeToo phenomenon hit, I have started asking my female friends directly about their everyday experiences with men. For example,...
Robin Koerner
- Sep 4, 2015
- 7 min
Your Problem with Guns or Gays Is Not Political
Last month, I did something I’d done only once before: I went to a range and shot some guns. Lots of guns. All shapes, ages and sizes....