Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
MythicAmerica explores the mythic dimension of American political culture, past, present, and future. The blogger, Ira Chernus, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity.
His new “MythicAmerica: Essays” offer an online introduction to the study of American myths. Read about the blog and the author here.
To receive periodic email summaries of the blog, send an email to update@mythicamerica.us, with “Update” in the subject line. You can communicate directly with Ira at the same address.
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Jun 21, 2013
Guns and the NSA Make Strange Bedfellows
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jun 13, 2013
The Neverending Morality Play of the Deficit Hawks
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jun 6, 2013
MythicAmerica Returns to Meet the New News, Same as the Old News
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Apr 6, 2013
Social Security Cuts: More Than Money At Stake
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Apr 3, 2013
The Conspiracy to Kill MLK: Not a Theory but a Fact
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Apr 1, 2013
The Myth of the All-Powerful President: A Very Brief History
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Mar 22, 2013
The President, in Israel, Giveth and Taketh Away
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Mar 18, 2013
North Korea as “Bad Guy”: A Multi-Layered Myth
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Mar 11, 2013
“Debt Crisis”: The Myth Behind the Myth
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Feb 28, 2013
“Yellow Peril” Morphs into Chinese Borg
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Feb 21, 2013
“War on Terror”: The Ticking Time Bomb
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Feb 13, 2013
The State of the Union and the State of the "Homeland"
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Feb 9, 2013
No, Prof. Meyer, Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Feb 6, 2013
The Imaginary World of the “War Against al-Qaeda”
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jan 30, 2013
Kerry Admits It: “Foreign policy is Economic Policy.”
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jan 27, 2013
Zero Dark Dirty: The "Good War" Lives
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jan 21, 2013
Inauguration Shows President as Prime Minister and King
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jan 18, 2013
Why Does a Hostage Crisis Fascinate America?
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jan 14, 2013
“Ike” and the “Red Menace”: Some Myths Won’t Die
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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Jan 9, 2013
"Fix the Debt": Sheer Hypocrisy or a Myth Worth Debating?
by Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica
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