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Ira Chernus

Ira Chernus is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Read more of his writing about Israel, Palestine and the U.S. on his blog.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis | A huge multi-colored flag flies over Ocean Drive as people participate in the Pride Parade, during the Miami Beach Pride Festival, in Lummus Park, South Beach, Florida on September 19, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Who will speak up for my child, the drag queen?

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FILE - In this June 21, 1967, file photo, a crowd of hippies keep a large ball, painted to represent a world globe, in the air during a gathering at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, to celebrate the summer solstice on June 21, day one of "Summer of Love." (AP Photo, File)

A psychedelic spin on “national security”

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Meet the “malady within the American spirit”: Donald Trump is Martin Luther King, Jr’s greatest warning

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. (AP)

Trump, a symptom of what? If we don’t find a cure, we will go on marching without end

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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flynn’s field of fright: The terror is coming from inside the White House

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (AP)

Vietnam in the Middle East: America’s War on Terror is destabilizing the entire region

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6 reasons America is doomed to permanent war

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America’s psychic numbing: Why we’re so obsessed with “apocalypse”

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Sorry, Tea Partyers: Religious right rooted in radical progressivism

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Walt Whitman (AP)

History tricked the Tea Party

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Library Of Congress)

Whatever happened to the political idealist?

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(AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Can Obama earn his Nobel Peace Prize?

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Religion prof: Opposing gun control is a sin

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Is a showdown brewing between Israel and the U.S.?

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Libyan security forces stand guard as people turn in weapons in Benghazi, Libya. (AP/Ibrahim Alaguri)

When Benghazi hijacked the election

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An Israeli tank advances near an army base on the Israel Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, May 8, 2011.

Debunking our myths about Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, and Defense Minster Ehud Barak, center left, visit the Iron Dome missile defense system, background, deployed in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Sunday, April 10, 2011. A senior member of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement on Sunday made a rare appeal to the Israeli public to halt escalating cross-border fighting, telling an Israeli radio station in fluent Hebrew that Hamas is ready to stop its rocket fire if Israel ends its attacks on Gaza. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

Three myths of Israel’s insecurity

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A Palestinian throws a stone towards Israeli border police during clashes in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah April 16, 2010. Israeli border police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinian protesters and Israeli activists during a violent protest over a land dispute with Jewish settlers in the area. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Reuters)

Blood or Treasure: Obama’s choice in the Middle East

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