Ira Chernus

Ira Chernus is a professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of Colorado and author of MythicAmerica: Essays. He blogs at mythicamerica.us, hosted by History News Network.

News Analysis

Political Dreaming in the Twenty-First Century: Where Has It Gone?

Itu2019s time to try a different approach - to keep feeling and voicing what Martin Luther King, Jr., called u201cthe fierce urgency of now.u201d

By: Ira Chernus ,; TomDispatch

July 25, 2013

Op-Ed

On DOMA, Right-Wing Justices Got It Right — and Wrong

No one has ever accused Justice Antonin Scalia of timidity. So it's not surprising that his opinion in United States v. Windsor, the case that struck down the federal …

By: Ira Chernus ,; HistoryNewsNetwork

July 2, 2013

Op-Ed

Social Security Cuts: More Than Money At Stake

The Obama administration threatens to cut social security benefits under the failed idea that the program is not as important today as it was under FDR.

By: Ira Chernus ,; HistoryNewsNetwork

April 8, 2013

News Analysis

Obama Walks the High Wire, Eyes Closed: When It Comes to Israel, Palestine, and Iran, It Could All Come Crashing Down

Barack Obama came to Israel and Palestine, saw what he wanted to see, and conquered the mainstream media with his eloquent words. U.S. and Israeli journalists called it a …

By: Ira Chernus ,; TomDispatch

April 1, 2013

News Analysis

“Debt Crisis:” The Myth Behind the Myth

While the two major parties plot strategy for the next battle in the federal debt-reduction war, another war rages among economists over the question, "Is debt really the federal …

By: Ira Chernus ,; HistoryNewsNetwork

March 21, 2013

News Analysis

Why Are Right-Wingers So Crazy in Love With Israel?

It is much more than evangelical Christians hoping for the rapture.

By: Ira Chernus ,; AlterNet

January 26, 2013

Review

War & Peace

Can’t Bear to Read: “Our Harsh Logic“

Ira Chernus can't bring himself to open Our Harsh Logic, a collection of testimonies by Israeli soldiers who have served in the occupation army in the West Bank and …