Violence in American culture fuels the hero myth
Dr. George Drinka argues that gun imagery and violent media shape American identity from childhood. He links media violence to fear, hero fantasies, and principal viewers’ beliefs about safety, law, and power, urging deeper study and responsible storytelling.
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America
Dr. Drinka
Edletter
Coxohip
Coxohio
Congress
Hollywood
George Zimmerman
George Drinka
Oregon Health Sciences University
Trayvon Martin and Chris Lane cases contrasted
Clarence Page argues conservatives misuse racially charged tragedy comparisons to score political points. He notes Lane’s swift legal response versus Zimmerman’s delayed charging, and reflects on media coverage and the question of whether justice serves all races equally. He stresses focus on real system failures rather than race-based narratives.
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Trayvon Martin
Florida
George Zimmerman
Neighborhood Watch
Chris Lane
Oklahoma
Martin
Obama
Trayvon
America
Rush Limbaugh
Fox News
Eric Bolling
the Five
Jason Hicks
Lane
Zimmerman
Fox
The perilous rhetoric of Obama’s foreign policy
George F. Will critiques Barack Obama’s Libya and Syria policy rhetoric, labeling it loquacious and inconsistent with law. He questions the Libya intervention rationale, the red line on chemical weapons, and the administration’s insistence that coups do not require action, urging less talking and more adherence to constitutional processes.
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Barack Obama
Middle East
America
Crescent
Libya
Afghanistan
Obama
Tled
Syria
Oxford English Dictionary
Egypt
United States
White House
John Kerry
Congress
State Department
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Washington Post Writers Group
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Washpost.com
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