— A Dark Salvation

— A Few Thoughts on the Petreus Affair

— A Land Without People for a People Without a Land, Part One

— A Land Without People for a People Without a Land, Part Two

— A Poem for the Losers, Part One

— A poem for the Losers, Part Two

— A Swan and a Madman

— A Tale of Two Families

— A Vacation in Chaos, Part One

— A Vacation in Chaos, Part Two

— A Truce for Christmas

— Academic Gatekeepers

— Affirmative Action for Whites

— American Exceptionalism – Part One

— American Exceptionalism – Part Two

— American Exceptionalism – Part Three

— American Exceptionalism – Part Four

— America is Coming to Help! – Part One

— America is Coming to Help! – Part Two

— American Witch-hunt, Part One

— American Witch-hunt, Part Two

— American Witch-hunt, Part Three

— American Witch-hunt, Part Four

— American Witch-hunt, Part Five

— American Witch-hunt, Part Six

— An Anniversary to Ponder

— An Indigenous Perspective on the Welfare State

— Between the Worlds

— Blaming the Victim, Part One

— Blaming the Victim, Part Two

— Blaming the Victim, Part Three

— Breathing Together, Part One

— Breathing Together, Part Two

— Breathing Together, Part Three

— Breathing Together, Part Four

— Creative Etymology, Part One

— Creative Etymology, Part One

— Cultural Appropriation? Part One

— Cultural Appropriation, Part Two

— Cultural Appropriation, Part Three

— Cultural Appropriation, Part Four

— Cultural Appropriation, Part Five

— Cultural Appropriation, Part Six

— Cultural Appropriation, Part Seven

— Deconstructing a Gatekeeper

— Did the South Win the Civil War? Part One

— Did the South Win the Civil War? Part Two

— Did the South Win the Civil War? Part Three

— Did the South Win the Civil War? Part Four

— Do Black Lives Really Matter?

— Driving Dixie Down, Part One

— Driving Dixie Down, Part Two

— Didn’t He Ramble?

— Evolution of a Song, Part One

— Evolution of a Song, Part Two

— False Equivalencies, Part One

— False Equivalencies, Part Two

— False Equivalencies, Part Three

— False Equivalencies, Part Four

— False Equivalencies, Part Five

— False Equivalencies, Part Six

— False Equivalencies, Part Seven

— False Equivalencies, Part Eight

— Funny Guys, Fake News and Gatekeepers

— Gingrich and His Masks

— Grading the President, Part One

— Grading the President, Part Two

— Grading the President, Part Three

— Grading the President, Part Four

— Hands up, Don’t Shoot: The Sacrifice of American Dionysus — Part One

— Hands up, Don’t Shoot: The Sacrifice of American Dionysus — Part Two

— Hands up, Don’t Shoot: The Sacrifice of American Dionysus — Part Three

— Hands up, Don’t Shoot: The Sacrifice of American Dionysus — Part Four

— Hands up, Don’t Shoot: The Sacrifice of American Dionysus — Part Five

— How — and Why — to Start A War

— Initiation Weekend

— John F. Kennedy and America’s Obsession with Innocence — Part One

— John F. Kennedy and America’s Obsession with Innocence — Part Two

— John F. Kennedy and America’s Obsession with Innocence — Part Three

— John F. Kennedy and America’s Obsession with Innocence — Part Four

— Kind of a Circle, Part One

— Kind of a Circle, Part Two

— Kind of a Circle, Part Three

— Kind of a Circle, Part Four

— Looking at Lincoln

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part One

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Two

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Three

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Four

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Five

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Six

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Seven

— Male Initiation and the Mother in Greek Myth, Part Eight

— March Madness: The Attack on Libya

— Mexico’s Mother Goddess, Part One

— Mexico’s Mother Goddess, Part Two

— Mexico’s Mother Goddess, Part Three

— Mexico’s Mother Goddess, Part Four

— Mexico’s Mother Goddess, Part Five

— Myth, Memory and the National Mall

— Normalizing Trump: Part One

— Normalizing Trump: Part Two

— Normalizing Trump: Part Three

— Normalizing Trump: Part Four

— Obama and the Myth of Innocence

— Obama’s Tears

— Obama’s War On Syria

— On the Tenth Anniversary of 9-11

— Paying Attention, Part One

— Paying Attention, Part Two

— Porn, Part One

— Porn, Part Two

— Privilege, Part One

— Privilege, Part Two

— Privilege, Part Three

— Protest, Grief and Memory in Mexico

— Reality Show Initiations

— Redeeming the World

— Sacrilicious! Part One

— Sacrilicious! Part Two

— Shock and Awe, Part One

— Shock and Awe, Part Two

— Some Thoughts on the Royal Wedding

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part One

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Two

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Three

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Four

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Five

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Six

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Seven

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Eight

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Nine

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Ten

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Eleven

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Twelve

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Thirteen

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Fourteen

— Stories We Tell Ourselves About Barack Obama, Part Fifteen

— Thank You For Your Service

— The Background to Our Day of the Dead Ritual

— The Banality of Evil

— The Bin Laden Side Show

— The Civil Rights Movement in American Myth, Part One

— The Civil Rights Movement in American Myth, Part Two

— The Civil Rights Movement in American Myth, Part Three

— The Civil Rights Movement in American Myth, Part Four

— The Con Man: An American Archetype, Part One

— The Con Man: An American Archetype, Part Two

— The Con Man: An American Archetype, Part Three

— The Dancing Ground at the End of the World

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Lets the Dogs Out, Part One

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Lets the Dogs Out, Part Two

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Lets the Dogs Out, Part Three

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Lets the Dogs Out, Part Four

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Let’s the Dogs Out, Part Five

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Lets the Dogs Out, Part Six

— The Dionysian Moment. Trump Lets the Dogs Out, Part Seven

— The End of the World

— The Face of the Empire

— The Flag and the Hummer — How We Display Ourselves, Part One

— The Flag and the Hummer — How We Display Ourselves, Part Two

— The Greatest Generation

— The Hero Must Die, Part One

— The Hero Must Die, Part Two

— The Hero Must Die, Part Three

— The Hero Must Die, Part Four

— The Innocent American is the Violent American

— The Iran Nuclear Deal, Part One

— The Iran Nuclear Deal, Part Two

— The Joys (and Curious Political Implications) of Reciting Poetry

— The Mystery in the Message

— The Myth of Immigration, Part One

— The Myth of Immigration, Part Two

— The Myth of Immigration, Part Three

— The Myth of Immigration, Part Four

— The Myth of Immigration, Part Five

— The Myth of Immigration, Part Six

— The Myth of Immigration, Part Seven

— The Myth of Israeli Innocence, Part One

— The Myth of Israeli Innocence, Part Two

— The Myth of the Good War, Part One

— The Myth of the Good War, Part Two

— The Myth of the Good War, Part Three

— The Myth of the Good War, Part Four

— The Mythic Foundations of Libertarianism, Part One

— The Mythic Foundations of Libertarianism, Part Two

— The Mythic Foundations of Libertarianism, Part Three

— The Mythic Foundations of Libertarianism, Part Four

— The Mythic Foundations of Libertarianism, Part Five

— The Mythic Foundations of Libertarianism, Part Six

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part One

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part Two

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part Three

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part Four

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part Five

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part Six

— The Mythic Sources of White Rage, Part Seven

— The Other is You; Maybe Even More You than You are

— The Outside Agitator

— The Parable of the Chickens

— The Paranoid Imagination

— The Predator

— The Presidential Dilemma

— The Prince of Flowers

— The Race Card

— The Ritual of the Presidential Debates, Part One

— The Ritual of the Presidential Debates, Part Two

— The Ritual of the Presidential Debates, Part Three

— The Royal Wedding

— The Sandy Hook Murders, Innocence and Race in America

— The Secret of Their Appeal

— The Singing Policeman, Part One

— The Singing Policeman, Part Two

— The Sixth Gate of Grief

— The Spell of the Mother, Part One

— The Spell of the Mother, Part Two

— The True Story of the Unconscious Emissary

— The Two Great Myths of the 20th Century

— The Weeping Woman, Part One

— The Weeping Woman, Part One

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part One

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Two

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Three

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Four

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Five

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Six

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Seven

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Eight

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Nine

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Ten

— Trump: Madness, Machines, Migrations and Mythology, Part Eleven

— Uncivil Liberties

— We are the Ones We Fear

— Well, Don’t You Know? Part One

— Well, Don’t You Know? Part Two

— What If We Allowed That To Happen? Part One

— What If We Allowed That To Happen? Part Two

— What will the New Myths Be? Part One

— What Will the New Myths Be? Part Two

— What Will the New Myths Be? Part Three

— White Privilege, Part One

— White Privilege, Part Two

— White Privilege, Part Three

— Who is an American? Part One

— Who is an American? Part Two

— Who is an American, Part Three

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part One

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Two

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Three

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Four

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Five

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Six

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Seven

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Eight

— Why Are Americans So Freaking Crazy? Part Nine

— Zero Dark Thirty is a CIA Recruitment Film, Part One

— Zero Dark Thirty is a CIA Recruitment Film, Part Two