Tag Archives: Islam

A case against ground zero mosque

The ground zero mosque (Park51) controversy has cleaved the media and the public along predictable partisan lines in the US. The Left is screaming “First Amendment” and “Islam does not equal terrorism”, and the Right screams “sure they have the right to build the mosque, but it is insensitive.” Cracked.com pretty much dismisses the whole …

August 24, 2010 – 4:52 pm | By Semantic Overload | Posted in politics, religion, society, US | Tagged , , | Comments (6)

I am not in Costa Rica because I am not Muslim

I was supposed to be in Costa Rica this week. Instead, I am still in College Station, Texas. Mostly because I am not Muslim. Sounds weird? Read on. My flight on Delta Airlines was supposed to leave on Friday at 5:45 AM from Houston International Airport. I got there about an hour before departure and …

November 25, 2008 – 7:22 pm | By Semantic Overload | Posted in personal, rant, US | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (4)