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Islam
The Rightwing ‘American Spectator’ doesn’t Want you to read my ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace ‘

The Rightwing ‘American Spectator’ doesn’t Want you to read my ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace ‘

Juan Cole

Harrod’s argument is one of the most grievous fallacies of anachronism ever to be committed in the history of humankind.

Featured
Top 6 Reasons Dems shouldn't Allocate a single Cent for Trump's Idiotic Wall

Top 6 Reasons Dems shouldn’t Allocate a single Cent for Trump’s Idiotic Wall

Juan Cole

Southwest border arrests of undocumented entrants are as low as they have been in 50 years

Featured
Trump's App't of Nauert at U.N. is a National Security Threat to the U.S.

Trump’s App’t of Nauert at U.N. is a National Security Threat to the U.S.

Juan Cole

To plumb the depths of Nauert’s ignorance about international affairs it would be necessary to deploy the Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1)

Bahrain
Is Kushner Covering for Bin Salman Murder Charge so Israel can Usurp Palestinian West Bank?

Is Kushner Covering for Bin Salman Murder Charge so Israel can Usurp Palestinian West Bank?

Juan Cole

Khashoggi’s last words were”I can’t breathe!”

Donald Trump
Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Juan Cole

Revised By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump announced Saturday that his chief of staff, John Kelly, will leave at the end of the month. It has been reported that the two men are not speaking. Kelly was often seen as a force for stability in the Trump administration, but as I […]

Corruption
Trump is now an Unindicted Felon: US Att'y for Southern District of New York

Trump is now an Unindicted Felon: US Att’y for Southern District of New York

Juan Cole

The US Attorney’s office maintained that Cohen’s payoff to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall constituted a infraction against US election laws.

Egypt
Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as "Muslim Brotherhood" for Khashoggi Documentary

Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as “Muslim Brotherhood” for Khashoggi Documentary

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The October 2 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is still shrouded in some mystery despite extensive leaks by Turkish intelligence and the CIA/ NSA. The Arabic press is reporting that actor Sean Penn has shown up outside the consulate where Khashoggi was murdered with […]

Islam
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires (Juan Cole @MajorityFm, Video @SamSeder )

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires (Juan Cole @MajorityFm, Video @SamSeder )

Juan Cole

Juan Cole’s New Book

Donald Trump
Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency

Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carbon Dioxide emissions were up again this year, after a hiatus during which people wondered if the world had gotten a handle on greenhouse gases. It turns out, not so much. A new UN report sounds the alarm. The spike in CO2 this year is a bad sign, but actually […]

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