Weeks of July 23 and July 30, 2012

Up Front

Olympics Hot Topic

Too Many Monsters in Our Closet Richard Striner

The Olympics: New Model for Foreign Policy? Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

Point/Counterpoint: American Exceptionalism

View from the Left Eli Zaretsky

View from the Right Jarrett Stepman

News at Home

Fantasy of Absolute Safety is Killing Us, Even in Movie Theaters Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

How Long Will We Let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill Our Children? Juan Cole

Should You Own Property to Be Able to Vote? Even Thomas Jefferson Couldn't Make Up His Mind Matthew E. Crow

The Future of Newspapers? Watch the Nineteenth Century Adam Arenson

Ignoring the Homeless is Un-American Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

Toppling Dictators Can Be Dangerous, Even If You Are Exceptional Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

News Abroad

Unlike Mitt Romney, Most Americans Want to Cut U.S. Military Spending Lawrence S. Wittner

Obama’s Killing Problem -- Or Ours? Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

Historians & History

The Cuban Missile Crisis: The View from Okinawa Jon Mitchell

Culture Watch

Serious Money Is a Serious Attack on World Finances Bruce Chadwick

History Takes Over the Summer Outdoor Movie Festivals Bruce Chadwick

Books

Review of John Sbardellati's J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood’s Cold War Andrew Feffer

Review of Robert W. Merry's Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians Jim Cullen