When we read of Enlightenment efforts to rehabilitate the image of Islam alongside the fact that outgoing Rep. Michele Bachmann raised more than $1 million in 25 days from a Muslim-themed witch hunt, it’s easy to ask how such openness could curdle into such paranoia. But that would be too simple.
Rob Goodman
Rob Goodman is a former congressional speechwriter, PhD student in political theory, and co-author of an upcoming book on the Roman Republic. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic online, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Millions, and others.
