Politics On Blasphemy Laws Posted on February 24, 2017September 9, 20172 commentsbyMalhar Mali Walaiha Irafat did not know why they came for her. In Pakistan, during March 2012, she was arrested for allegations of “spitting and sitting on the Koran,” and also “tearing… View Post
View Post 4 min Culture & Media Politics The Virtues of Free Speech Posted on February 23, 2017September 9, 20172 commentsbyMichael Sherlock Free speech must include the right to offend. Granted, there are limitations upon free speech which do serve valuable and necessary functions — such as the prohibition against incitement to violence,… View Post
View Post 5 min Culture & Media The Banality of Milo Posted on February 22, 2017September 9, 20172 commentsbyMitchell Blatt You know someone isn’t funny when they have to explain their own jokes on a late night comedy show. When Bill Maher asked his guest Milo Yiannopoulos during the “Overtime”… View Post
View Post 6 min Politics Fake News and Tribalism: Your Team Does It, Too Posted on February 20, 2017September 8, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali I can’t be the first person to have noticed that whenever someone makes a political statement more often than not it’s met with the dismissive response:Â “Oh, that’s something a Democrat… View Post
View Post 25 min Politics The Atheist Atrocities Fallacy — Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot Posted on February 17, 2017September 9, 201712 commentsbyMichael Sherlock Religious apologists, particularly those of the Christian variety, are big fans of what I have dubbed, the atheist atrocities fallacy. Christians commonly employ this fallacy to shield their egos from the harsh reality… View Post
View Post 13 min Features The Problem with Intersectional Feminism Posted on February 15, 2017December 31, 201762 commentsbyHelen Pluckrose Those of us committed to social justice are accustomed to being told that intersectional feminism with its focus on critical race theory, queer theory and anti-ableism is the key. Only… View Post
Midnight's Children <\/em>and The Satanic Verses<\/em>. <\/em>Rushdie was once the subject of death threats; now, when asked if he can move about freely Rushdie responds: \"You have to stop asking me. ... It's been like 16 years since it's been OK.\"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"gettyimages-154115248","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="gettyimages-154115248" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20181101155344/https://i1.wp.com/areomagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gettyimages-154115248_wide-b345d71f3d922492f9bf3e561339dacba26075f1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20181101155344/https://i1.wp.com/areomagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gettyimages-154115248_wide-b345d71f3d922492f9bf3e561339dacba26075f1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1"/> View Post 7 min Review The Salman Rushdie Fatwah, 28 Years Later Posted on February 14, 2017September 8, 20177 commentsbyMalhar Mali When Salman Rushdie wrote the sentence, probably some time in 1987, in The Satanic Verses, “Now there was no demand for satires — the general fear of Mahound had destroyed the market… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics What Trump’s Immigration Order Got Wrong Posted on February 9, 2017September 9, 2017No commentsbyAhnaf Kalam True to his campaign promises, President Trump quickly signed an executive order barring migrants from seven countries of origin to the United States under concerns of terrorism: Syria, Iraq, Iran,… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics Antifa and the Women’s March: A Tale of Two Protests Posted on February 7, 2017September 9, 20173 commentsbyMitchell Blatt One day after anarchists smashed the windows of Starbucks and burnt a limousine with the stated purpose of protesting Trumpâs inauguration, half a million marched on Washington and many more… View Post
View Post 8 min Politics How to Erode Conservative Support for Donald Trump Posted on February 2, 2017September 9, 2017No commentsbyJames A. Lindsay âWhat do you mean, our end-of-year bonuses?!â My friend works for a relatively large company that manufactures and distributes mobile and modular homes. Many of its employees voted for Donald… View Post