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Courageous Thought Podcasts, Audio and Video, address and analyze political issues from Chicago to the Middle East in several show formats, reflecting his award-winning writings at Substack at www.CourageousThought.com. (Also at www.RayHanania.com and www.Hanania.com.)
A professional journalist for more than a half century, Ray Hanania entered political reporting assigned as a desked reporter at Chicago City Halll covering from 1977 through 1992, covering 7 mayors (Richard J. Daley, Michael A. Bilandic, Jane M. Byrne, Harold Washington, David Orr, Eugene Sawyer and Richard M. Daley). He has written news and feature stories on politics for newspapers around the world, including for the Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, Newsday, Orlando Sentinel, Arab News, and more.
Through Courageous Thought Podcasts, Hanania produces and co-hosts several audio and video podcasts, including:
Two Guys on Politics with former Congressman Bill Lipinski addressing national and international politics, issues and events
Political-Review with political analyst and consultant Frank Calabrese on Chicago and Chicagoland politics, issues, and events
Ray Hanania on Politics, occasional perspectives by Ray Hanania complementing his political Opinion Columns on Substack (www.RayHanania.com, www.Hanania.com and www.CourageousThought.com)
The Arab Street Radio & Audio Podcast, where Ray Hanania focuses on Middle East and Arab World issues.
You can reach Ray Hanania at rghanania@gmail.com or, on his Substack website at www.CourageousThought.com.
Ray Hanania's podcasts are also vailable on Youtube.
Episodes
Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016
10 min
Data on anti-Muslim racism being distorted for politics
American Muslims are being exploited like pawns in a giant political football game between the left and the right. The data is being twisted to reflect the needs of the political groups at the expense of Muslims and Arabs in America. Just look at the statistics
By Ray Hanania
American Muslims are being exploited like pawns in a giant political football game between the left and the right.
Each side wants to twist and distort data regarding anti-Muslim discrimination to suit their own agenda, and narrowing it to address the generic concerns of “Muslims” while avoiding the more controversial issues of Arabs that leads to an unwanted discussion of anti-Palestinian biases.
The concern isn’t about what’s best for Muslims, or even for Arabs in America. Keep in mind that most Americans don’t distinguish between Arab Muslims and Arab Christians so when someone says they hate Muslims, they also mean they hate Christian Arabs, too.
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Thank you for listening to my column commentary Podcast at TheDailyHookah.com … My columns address issues from around the world including news, politics and slice-of-life topics from Chicago to Jerusalem. This podcast is an audio production of those print newspaper columns, and also features other independent audio.
My mainstream columns appear in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, and the Reporter Newspapers every Wednesday and Thursday and are viewable online, too, at TheDailyHookah.com.
My columns on Middle East topics appear every Thursday in the Arab News newspaper and online at the ArabNews.com.
Download my Free Podcast App from the Apple Store or visit my website at www.TheDailyHookah.com.
Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016
5 min
Ruthless Thanksgiving this year with politics as side dish
Thanksgiving will be under more pressure this year in dining rooms across America if Facebook is any indicator of how Americans feel. The politics of the recent presidential election campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will have an impact, according to recent polls. Here’s my look at the annual food festival, American heritage commemoration and expected conflicts from my seat at the head of the table
Published in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, the Reporter Newspapers, Illinois News Network, Thursday Nov. 24, 2016.
By Ray Hanania
It doesn’t look like we can save Thanksgiving from the fall-out of the presidential election.
A recent survey of more than 1,000 Americans conducted by Meyocks Benkstein Associates in Iowa said more than half of the respondents said they expect the presidential elections and politics to be a concern this Thanksgiving.
It’s all about Donald Trump defeating Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential elections. More than in any other election, the post-election animosity has reached record levels. (Clinton supporters were so convinced she would win, they just can’t get over it.)
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Thank you for listening to my column commentary Podcast at TheDailyHookah.com … My columns address issues from around the world including news, politics and slice-of-life topics from Chicago to Jerusalem. This podcast is an audio production of those print newspaper columns, and also features other independent audio.
My mainstream columns appear in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, and the Reporter Newspapers every Wednesday and Thursday and are viewable online, too, at TheDailyHookah.com.
My columns on Middle East topics appear every Thursday in the Arab News newspaper and online at the ArabNews.com.
Download my Free Podcast App from the Apple Store or visit my website at www.TheDailyHookah.com.
Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016
6 min
Reminder Arabs forgotten even in Obama era
By Ray Hanania
President Barack Obama and the U.S. Census released data recognizing the commemoration of Native American Heritage during the month of November, but have never acknowledged the achievements of American Arabs in this country.
It’s a true reflection of Obama’s hypocrisy in limiting the definition of “diversity” to include only certain minorities. Although Obama was nurtured in an Arab community environment in Chicago, with close associations with prominent American Arabs who helped him grow his political career, the president has been little more than a stranger to American Arabs.
That tragic truth was reinforced this week when the U.S. Census released its celebration of Native American Heritage Month this month in data through the U.S. Census.
November is also Arab American Heritage month in Illinois, and also celebrated in April in several east coast states including Washington D.C., New York and New Jersey. But, there is no consistency in the celebration ad no acknowledgement.
Click here to read the column online ...
Thank you for listening to my column commentary Podcast at TheDailyHookah.com … My columns address issues from around the world including news, politics and slice-of-life topics from Chicago to Jerusalem. This podcast is an audio production of those print newspaper columns, and also features other independent audio.
My mainstream columns appear in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, and the Reporter Newspapers every Wednesday and Thursday and are viewable online, too, at TheDailyHookah.com.
My columns on Middle East topics appear every Thursday in the Arab News newspaper and online at the ArabNews.com.
Download my Free Podcast App from the Apple Store or visit my website at www.TheDailyHookah.com.