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Ira Chernus

Ira Chernus is professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In his retirement, he has created an online anthology of Walt Whitman’s words.

Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen?

And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

By Ira Chernus On January 24, 2023On January 24, 2023

A Psychedelic Spin on “National Security”

The Summer of Surprisingly Political Love

By Ira Chernus On June 18, 2017On June 18, 2017

Trump, A Symptom Of What?

A Radical Message From a Half-Century Ago

By Ira Chernus On April 16, 2017On May 15, 2021

Field of Fright

The Terror Inside Trump’s White House

By Ira Chernus On February 5, 2017On May 15, 2021

America’s New Vietnam in the Middle East

A Civil War Story About the Islamic State Might Spark a Peace Movement

By Ira Chernus On February 2, 2016On May 15, 2021

America’s Reckless War Against Evil

Why It’s Self-Defeating and Has No End

By Ira Chernus On December 8, 2015On May 15, 2021

Apocalypses Everywhere 

Is There Any Hope in an Era Filled with Gloom and Doom? 

By Ira Chernus On February 25, 2014On May 15, 2021

Political Dreaming in the Twenty-First Century 

Where Has It Gone? 

By Ira Chernus On July 25, 2013On July 25, 2013

Obama Walks the High Wire, Eyes Closed

When It Comes to Israel, Palestine, and Iran, It Could All Come Crashing Down

By Ira Chernus On March 31, 2013On May 15, 2021

Are the U.S. and Israel Heading for a Showdown?

No One Thinks So, But It Just Might Happen

By Ira Chernus On December 20, 2012On December 21, 2012

Who Lost the World?

The Curious Case of How Libya Became an Election Issue

By Ira Chernus On October 30, 2012On October 30, 2012

Israel and the Palestinians Through the Looking Glass

By Ira Chernus On May 26, 2011On May 15, 2021

Three Myths of Israel’s Insecurity

By Ira Chernus On April 17, 2011On May 15, 2021

How the Power of Myth Keeps Us Mired in War 

By Ira Chernus On January 20, 2011On January 20, 2011

Will the GOP’s Victory Energize Mideast Doves? 

By Ira Chernus On November 9, 2010On July 12, 2021

Ira Chernus, What Price Peace for Israel and Palestine?

By Ira Chernus On May 6, 2010On May 15, 2021

Ira Chernus, The Wages of Fear in Israel and the U.S.

By Ira Chernus On January 17, 2010On July 12, 2021

Ira Chernus, Cold War’s Ghost Blocks Mideast Peace

By Ira Chernus On October 6, 2009On May 15, 2021

Ira Chernus, West Bank Settler Violence and the Path to Peace

By Ira Chernus On June 25, 2009On November 10, 2021

Ira Chernus, GWOT, R.I.P.

By Ira Chernus On April 9, 2009On November 10, 2021

Ira Chernus, What the President-Elect Should Be Reading

By Ira Chernus On December 9, 2008On May 15, 2021

Ira Chernus, Campaign Riptides from the Forgotten War

By Ira Chernus On September 30, 2008On March 16, 2011

Ira Chernus, Will Culture War Overshadow Real War in 2008?

By Ira Chernus On July 29, 2008On May 15, 2021

Ira Chernus, The General and the Trap

By Ira Chernus On April 6, 2008On February 17, 2021

Ira Chernus, Faith Talk 2008

By Ira Chernus On January 13, 2008On February 17, 2021

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