ROBERT S. McELVAINE
Selected Articles, Op Ed Pieces & Book Reviews
"Hello to All This: A Feminist Response to Robin Morgan,"
America's Future, February 23, 2008.
"Obama's New Math,"
History News Network, February 4, 2008.
"Is It Anti-Americanism or Just Anti-Bushism?" Baltimore Sun,
June 7, 2007.
"Jesusless: The Church of Conservatism" Chicago Sun-Times,
July 9, 2006.
"Bush Team Doin' a Heck of a Job," Clarion-Ledger,
April 26, 2006.
"Remember When?" History News Network,
March 27, 2006.
"Mr. Bush -- Brought to the Bar of Poetic Justice" Chicago Sun-Times,
March 15, 2006.
"'Morning' Light Exposes Bush Lies About Iraq," Clarion-Ledger,
November 17, 2005.
"FEMA Mess Didn't Miss Mississippi" Baltimore Sun,
October 12, 2005.
"O.J., W, 'Us,' and 'Them'--and Truth" Chicago Tribune,
October 2, 2005.
"Weather of Mass Destruction," Sightings,
September 29, 2005.
"Bush 'Damage Control' Can't Gloss Travesty," Clarion-Ledger,
September 9, 2005.
"Beneficiary of War in Iraq Will Really Be Iran," Clarion-Ledger,
August 11, 2005.
"What If He's a Christian Man?"
Chicago Tribune, July 17, 2005.
"Iran Will Emerge as Clear Victor in U.S. War in Iraq,"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 11, 2005.
"Christianity Doesn't Include a Free Pass to Sin,"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 4, 2005.
"Are We at a Turning Point in History?"
History News Network, June 27, 2005.
"Bush Helping Democrats Find Their Soul," Clarion-Ledger,
March 1, 2005.
"Woodrow Wilson's Burden, Bush's--And Ours," History News Network,
February 14, 2005.
"Once Again Republicans Are Running Against the Sixties," History News Network,
November 1, 2004.
"Republicans Aren't Even Good for the Rich," History News Network,
November 1, 2004.
"Must We Decide which Side God Favors to Vote?" Clarion-Ledger,
October 28, 2004.
"Does Bush Think He's Channeling God?" History News Network,
October 25, 2004.
"It's the Illusions About Iraq, Stupid" History News Network,
October 23, 2004.
"The Making of the Marlboro Man, 2004,"
Op Ed News,
October 21, 2004.
"Can Bush Out-Hoover Hoover,"
History News Service,
October 18, 2004.
"Red State, Blue State,"
Washington Post "Outlook,"
October 10, 2004.
"Bush 'Imposter' when it comes to Conservatism,"
Clarion-Ledger,
October 7, 2004.
"Bush: Gaining on Buchanan for Last Place,"
History News Service,
September 20, 2004.
"'Girlie Men' and the Worldview that has Misshaped History,"
Op Ed News,
September 9, 2004.
"We're Being Fooled by Bush's 'Reality,'"
Clarion-Ledger op ed page,
September 3, 2004.
"Bush Evading Hard Issues by Odd Positions,"
Clarion-Ledger op ed page,
July 16, 2004.
"Bush Backers Fear 'Truth' in '9/11' Movie,"
Clarion-Ledger op ed page,
July 1, 2004.
"Historians v. George W. Bush," History News Network,
May 17, 2004.
"'C-L' Coverage of Kerry Leaves Issues Ignored
,"
Clarion-Ledger op ed page,
March 11, 2004.
"'Dean-aholics' Must See Iowa as Turning Point,"
Clarion-Ledger op ed page,
January 23, 2004.
"GOP Strategy Involves both Race, Economy,"
Clarion-Ledger op ed page,
October 31, 2003.
"A Big Mississippi Thank Y'all,"
Los Angeles Times op-ed page, August 15, 2003.
"A Cloud of Sexism Over the Church,"
Los Angeles Times op-ed page, March 29, 2002.
"Let Eve Take Her Place at the Table,"
Los Angeles Times op-ed page, December 20, 2001.
"The Birth of the Myth That Men Are Closer to God,"
Washington Post "Outlook," November 11, 2001.
"Black Tuesday, II,"
History News Network, October 1, 2001.
"Bin Laden's 'God of Hate' Must Not Win,"
Clarion-Ledger op-ed page, September 25, 2001.
"A Second Black Tuesday,"
The Chronicle Review (Chronicle of Higher Education), September 28, 2001.
"Cloning Aside, It Still Takes Two to Tango,"
Los Angeles Times op-ed page, August 16, 2001.
"Christianity and Patriotism Not Part of Old Flag,"
Clarion-Ledger op-ed page, May 22, 2001.
"For an Old Flag, A New Rationale,"
New York Times op-ed page, April 21, 2001.
"Read His Lips: He's No Wimp the Younger,"
Los Angeles Times op-ed page, February 21, 2001.
"Democrats May Inherit a Windfall,"
Los Angeles Times op-ed page, August 27, 2000.
"Lynching a State's Reputation," Washington Post
op-ed page, August 22, 2000.
"Black Tuesday After 70 Years"
History News Service, October 27, 1999.
"History of Sixth Year Elections
Bodes Well for Democrats,"
History News Service, November 5, 1998
"Washington's Academy Award Nominees," The Nation, March 23, 1998.
"Another Watergate?"
History News Service, February 11, 1998.
"Why Al Gore Is Such an Easy Target," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
September 17, 1997.
"They Didn't March to Free the Slaves," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, July
25, 1997.
"When the Enemy Is 'Them,' Watch Out," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, May
14, 1997.
"Cloning: How Do We Morally Navigate the Uncharted Future?" Los Angeles
Times, March 5, 1997.
"Blessed Are Those Whose Charity is Not Plastic," Los Angeles Times op-ed
page, December 20, 1996.
"The Book on Genesis," Washington Post "Outlook," November 3, 1996.
"To Do or Not Do--That is the Question," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
October 21, 1996.
"Reclaim the High Ground of the '60s," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, August
26, 1996.
"Ghosts, Goblins and Scary Politicians," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
October 30, 1995.
"Public Enemy No. 1: Credit Cards," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
September 12, 1995.
"It's the Message, Not the Medium," Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1995.
"Elders is Subscriber to Newt Age Values," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
December 12, 1994.
"The Day--and Night--of the Locust," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, June 22, 1994.
"What Ever Happened to S-x?" Los Angeles Times op-ed page, July 22, 1993.
"Yours, Mine, Ours -- Taxes Cover All," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, May 2,
1993.
"'Growing' the Economy Is a Fertile Idea," Wall Street Journal Opinion
Page,February 25, 1993.
"GOP 'Values'? Read Their Lip-Service," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
October 12, 1992.
"A Truce for the Abortion War," Washington Post "Outlook," July 5, 1992.
"A Gamble That Could Work for Clinton," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, April
29, 1992.
"It Ain't Over Even When It's Over," Los Angeles Times op-ed page, January 7,
1992.
"Feminizing Congress in One Sweep," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
December 22, 1991.
"200-Year-Old 'Voodoo Economics' Alive and Kicking," Clarion-Ledger,
December 22, 1991.
"Will Gulf War Leave U.S. Ready for Social Reform or Self-Centeredness?,"
Clarion-Ledger, July 21, 1991.
"Don't Write Off Democrats Yet," Atlanta Constitution, April 12, 1991.
"The Tale of Two Presidents," Atlanta Constitution, January 20, 1991.
"Cuomo's Hamlet Act Must End," Atlanta Constitution, December 2, 1990.
"George Bush as Teddy Roosevelt," Atlanta Constitution, September 30, 1990.
"Reverberating Echoes of the Roaring '20s," Baltimore Sun opinion page,
December 29, 1989.
"'Semibiography': Political Biography at Mid-Career: Opportunities and Pitfalls,"
Kennesaw Review, vol. 2 (Summer 1989), pp. 55-66.
"Vice President Dan Reagan?," New York Times op-ed page, September 14,
1988.
"Art for Our Sake: The Democratic Vision of the WPA Posters," Washington
Monthly, May, 1988, pp. 55-57.
"Think of Afghanistan as a Soviet 'Spain,'" New York Times op-ed page, May
14, 1988.
"In '88: Gunning for the Early Bird," New York Times op-ed page, February 7,
1988.
"The Kennedy Complex," New York Times op-ed page, September 27, 1987.
"Why the Debacle Shouldn't Hearten Liberals," New York Times op-ed page,
December 9, 1986.
"Workers in Fiction: Locked Out," New York Times Book Review, September 1,
1985.
"Our Election Day Scapegoats," Newsweek, November 5, 1984.
"Political Change Among the Magnolias," Southern Exposure, vol. 12 September-October 1984).
"A Comeback for Economic Royalists," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
September 3, 1984.
"Liberals Go Back to the Flag," New York Times op-ed page, September 2,
1984.
"Do We Really Want an Active President?" Washington Post opinion page,
June 17, 1984.
"Hart's 'New Ideas' Need an Infusion of Old Ideals," Los Angeles Times op-ed
page, April 24, 1984.
"When Poor Kids Hoped a President Was Santa," Boston Globe op-ed page,
December 25, 1983.
"They Don't Make 'Em Like the Checkers Speech Anymore," Boston Globe op-ed page, September 24, 1982.
"Roosevelt and Reagan," Christian Century, vol. 99 (May 12, 1982).
"Hit or Miss. Federalism," New York Times op-ed page, March 16, 1982.
"To Be and to Seem: Reading Presidents in the Nuclear Age," Christian
Century, vol. 99 (March 17, 1982).
"America Suffers a Change in Values," Los Angeles Times op-ed page,
October 28, 1981.
"The Coolidge Model: What Better Choice?" Boston Globe op-ed page, June
27, 1981.
"Reagan's Mellon Slices," New York Times op-ed page, May 21, 1981.
"Hyperopia," New York Review of Books, October 26, 1978.
"Liberalism is Not Dead," New York Times op-ed page, September 20, 1980.
"Jimmy Carter: Populist or Politician?" Intellect, vol. 106 (April 1978).
"Old Times There Are Not Forgotten: A Personal View of the New South,"
Midwest Quarterly, vol. 19 (Spring 1978).
"Where Have All the Liberals Gone?" Texas Quarterly, vol. 19 (Autumn 1976).
"Franklin and Jack... and Jimmy? America, vol. 135 (October 23, 1976).
Plus others.