Week of August 13, 2012
Blogs
 In Search of New Mythology (Part One) Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica |
News at Home
 The Mythic Paul Ryan Enters, Stage Right Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica |
 Did Monica Lewinsky Really Save Social Security? Eric Laursen |
 The Romney Economic Plan's Misreading of History Iwan Morgan |
 What Al Smith Can Teach Mitt Romney Michael R. Whitaker |
 Protections for the Working Class Have Vanished in America Jerome Braun |
 Defunding Mass Transit is Not Good for the Tea Party, Whatever They May Think Tammy Ingram |
News Abroad
 Mahdism (and Sectarianism and Superstition) Rises in the Islamic World Timothy R. Furnish |
Historians & History
 The Nixon Foundation *Did Not* Delay the Opening of the New Watergate Exhibit at the Nixon Library Bob Bostock |
 Middle East Studies Association to Israelis: “Go to the Back of the Bus” Alan Luxenberg |
 Mark Twain's Progressive and Prophetic Political Humor Walter G. Moss |
Culture Watch
 What Happened When the Gun That Was Supposed to Kill Hitler Jammed? Bruce Chadwick |
 "The Dark Knight Rises" Elevates the 1 Percent and Trashes the Ninety-Nine Ron Briley |
 A Thousand Laughs in "A Thousand Clowns," a Look at Life in the 1960s Bruce Chadwick |
 Another Chapter in the History of World War II Women Journalists Unfolds in the Berkshires Bruce Chadwick |
 Whether 1606 or 1906, Bad Leadership Brings Bad Results Bruce Chadwick |
Books
 Review of David Goodway's Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow: Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward Eric Laursen |
 Review of Miko Peled’s The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine Murray Polner |