Simon Hankinson

Simon Hankinson

Recent Stories By Simon Hankinson:

  • How ISIS Recruiters Target U.S. ImmigrantsMarch 15, 2015

    In what is starting to seem like a slow, steady drip of ‘foreign fighter’ cases, six U.S. residents of Bosnian origin were arrested in early February and charged with conspiring to provide material...

  • Why Some Americans Will Never Give Up Their GunsFebruary 20, 2015

    America is a relatively new country with few of the buried skeletons of older cultures, but if you spend much time overseas, there are still a few aspects that are tough to get across to the host...

  • Selma and Dr. King Both Lose If Fiction Obscures FactJanuary 19, 2015

    When you drive up Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. past embassies and elegant houses, just before you come to the Naval Observatory you’ll pass between two statues, roughly the same...

  • Charlie Hebdo, Terrorism, and the Cost of Free SpeechJanuary 15, 2015

    When we hear of a shooting or bombing, our first thoughts are usually (1) sadness and compassion for the victims, (2) wondering who did it and why, and (3) asking - could it happen here? To me? Not...

  • Our ‘Broken’ Immigration System: A Game of Winners and Losers December 22, 2014

    There are few defenders of America’s immigration system, but people mean different things by calling it “broken.” For some, including those here illegally, it means that America does not admit enough...

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