by Steve Slocum | Sep 9, 2019 | Articles
It happened 18 years ago: 9/11. If you’re in your mid-30s or older, I suspect you can tell me exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard the horrific news. Me? I was driving to a conference in Tucson, Arizona as an employee of Raytheon Missile...
by Steve Slocum | Aug 9, 2019 | Articles
Activists, politicians, and journalists are pointing the finger at Donald Trump as the cause of the global overflow of supremacist hate. The gunmen in the El Paso, Poway, and Christchurch shootings, which targeted Hispanics, Jews, and Muslims respectively, all...
by Steve Slocum | Jul 19, 2019 | Articles, Political
CA-50 Congressional race unmasks the use of islamophobia to win elections. The race features beleaguered incumbent, Duncan Hunter, and second time challenger, Ammar Campa-Najjar. On July 15, the very day my book was released (Why Do They Hate Us? Making Peace with the...
by Steve Slocum | Jul 4, 2019 | Articles
Riding the Wave of Goodness As a surfer, I find the rolling waves to be full of meaning. As a tiny speck on the edge of a vast ocean, I observe their steady motion towards me and instinctively calculate where to place myself to be in a position to catch the biggest...
by Steve Slocum | Jan 31, 2019 | Articles, Foreign Policy, Islam
A week after his inauguration, President Trump signed an order prohibiting anyone from seven Muslim nations from entering the United States. This policy is especially brutal towards families. With the stroke of a pen, spouses, children, and parents were denied...
