Here’s a BloggingHeads I did with the Washington Times’ Eli Lake about the recent public discourse on Islam in the United States. We also get into the terrible politics of rappers later on, but if you’re a longtime reader you know what my thoughts are on the subject.

One point I wish I had made is that the Park 51 proposal really is just a Muslim JCC. We would find it justifiably discomforting for people to be protesting the construction of a JCC on religious grounds.

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer