The World of Sam Reynolds

“Nero fiddled while Rome burned” says the age-old adage. This summer, the most pressing issue on the mind of Republicans, specifically Sarah Palin and her wing of the Tea Party has been the construction of an Islamic centre in Manhattan. In reference to the construction of this building, the term “Ground-Zero Mosque” has been applied, (…)

Over the last month, the most controversial issue to arise in American politics has been that of the Cordoba House. Sarah Palin and her wing of the Tea Party have managed to successfully manufacture the narrative that this is going to be a “ground-zero mosque”, as if the Muslim community had come together and conspired to build (…)

Why Women’s Studies is not academia.