Stephan Salisbury

Stephan Salisbury is cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and a TomDispatch regular. His most recent book is Mohamed’s Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland. A TomCast audio interview in which he discusses the words that changed our world since September 11, 2001, can be heard by clicking here or downloaded to your ipod by clicking here.

Commentary Conflict USA

Police Shootings Echo Nationwide

By Stephan Salisbury July 30, 2012

The Aurora shooting gets the attention, but guns are going off everywhere.

Commentary Government Politics

Islam-Baiting Doesn’t Work: It Failed in Campaign 2010 and Will Do Worse in 2012

By Stephan Salisbury July 18, 2011

The writer explores how effective railing against Islam has actually been in past election campaigns and the role it might play in 2012.

Essay Conflict USA

Stephan Salisbury: Stage-Managing the War on Terror: Ensnaring Terrorists Demands Creativity

By Stephan Salisbury July 7, 2010

Informers have by now become our first line of defense in our battles with the evildoers. How expansive will the stage become for informers and their government directors now working the theater of the Great Recession?