Stories by Ira Chernus

Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of “MythicAmerica: Essays.” He blogs at MythicAmerica.us. subscribe to Ira Chernus's feed

If Dems Talk About 'Winning' in Iraq, Everybody Loses

Posted on: Apr 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The Petraeus hearings trapped Democrats into talking about whether the 'surge' is working, not that the U.S. has no right to be there.

How McCain Stays Popular Despite Supporting Disastrous Wars

Posted on: Apr 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The strange nature of McCain's appeal is directly tied to the distractions of the unwinnable Iraq occupation and the "War on Drugs."

Anti-War Voters Trust McCain to Make Decisions About 'War on Terror'

Posted on: Mar 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Republicans may have already found a way to control the terms of the fall debate.

The Race John McCain Will Run

Posted on: Feb 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Mitt Romney showed us which way McCain will go this fall.

The Edwards Campaign: What Went Wrong?

Posted on: Feb 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Voters should have flocked to a populist champion, a scrappy man of the people, but something went wrong along the way.

What Religion's Blind Stranglehold on America Is Doing to Our Democracy

Posted on: Jan 15, 2008, Source: TomDispatch.com

We've got to find a way to take the conservative symbolic message of faith talk out of American politics.

The Theology of American Empire

Posted on: Nov 6, 2007, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

American foreign policy -- both good and bad -- has always been deeply influenced by Christian theology.

Glued to Our Seats in the Theater of War

Posted on: Sep 24, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com

Every war is experienced as dramatic spectacle -- the more mythic the better. It's no coincidence that the military refers to a battle zone as a "theater."

What Are the Democratic Candidates Really Saying about Iraq?

Posted on: Jul 26, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com

A careful look at the leading Democratic candidates for president raises serious questions about the nature of the positions they are taking on the Iraq War.

Bring Back the Body Count

Posted on: Apr 2, 2003, Source: AlterNet

True, the body count may turn people into abstract numbers. But it also requires soldiers to say to the world, "I killed human beings today."

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