PTSD & Political Discourse

The hysterical Americana-phobia demonstrated by many in the United States and around the world is reaching a fevered pitch.  What began modestly enough in the summer of 2015 with a kind of bemused indifference, has finally mutated into psychopathic bloodlust.  While the return of a classically American ethos helped thrust Donald Trump into the White…

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Islamophobia: Rationally Justified?

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ram Jayaraman Islamophobia is defined as the dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force. Immediate inspection of its modern proliferation is obvious; it is an unfortunate reality that the world’s most dangerous terrorist cells all claim to fall under Islamic tenet. Moreover, the advent…

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Brown University Puts On Islamophobia Play

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Brown University is putting on a play concerning Islamophobia, “institutional bias,” and “media spin” as they pertain to Arab males. Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Brown’s production of the satirical play “Invasion!” is produced by Sock & Buskin, a student-faculty group at Brown, and by the Brown…

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House Democrat Dismisses Muslim Woman’s Charge Against His Muslim Staffer, Citing Islamophobia

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Devout Muslims who called the police on their own relatives — who work as Democratic House IT staffers — are disgusted by Rep. Gregory Meeks being “hesitant to believe” the charges against them, with Meeks saying the allegations may have stemmed from Islamophobia. The New York Democrat’s IT staffer…