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Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Fayyad: Stop Exploiting Palestinian Children for Terror

Fayyad: Stop Exploiting Palestinian Children for Terror

Juan Cole

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Obama, GOP won’t Tell Americans that Iran Sanctions drive Gas Prices

Obama, GOP won’t Tell Americans that Iran Sanctions drive Gas Prices

Juan Cole

President Barack Obama campaigned on energy issues on Wednesday, visiting a handful of oil wellheads on Federal land in New Mexico and a solar installation in Boulder City, Nevada. The subtext of this Obama campaign is public unhappiness with the price of gasoline and the hypocritical attacks on him over this issue by his Republican […]

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Romney Taking Santorum for a Ride in Illinois (Graphic)

Romney Taking Santorum for a Ride in Illinois (Graphic)

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Etch-a-Sketch Romney (Cartoon)

Etch-a-Sketch Romney (Cartoon)

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“Can Romney shake off his aide’s gaffe?”

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (66)

Omar Khayyam (66)

Juan Cole

I don’t drink wine for sheer enjoyment nor to corrupt my morals nor for irreligion or bad character. I want to tame my carnal soul and make it selfless. That’s why I drink and why I get drunk Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 66

Islamophobia
SBC’s Land:  Romney’s Mormonism “Like Islam” (Here we go Again)

SBC’s Land: Romney’s Mormonism “Like Islam” (Here we go Again)

Juan Cole

It turns out that from a hard-right American evangelical point of view, the US public may have a choice between two Muslims, or two ‘may as well be Muslims’ for president this fall. Dr. Richard Land, a major leader of the Southern Baptist Convention has told Newsmax that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism is not an orthodox […]

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The "Real Mitt Romney" (to the Tune of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady")

The “Real Mitt Romney” (to the Tune of Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady”)

Juan Cole

Hugh Atkin’s cute amalgamation of Mitt Romney flip-flops and gaffes a la Marshall Bruce Mathers III.

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Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget

Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget

Juan Cole

If you’ve been fretting about faltering math education and falling test scores here in the United States, you should be worried based on this campaign season of Republican math…

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Obama's Hypocritical Message to Iran

Obama’s Hypocritical Message to Iran

Juan Cole

President Barack Obama addresses the Iranian public on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Now-Ruz). Shorter version: The US and Iran are on the brink of war because you have a civilian nuclear enrichment program of the same sort a lot of other countries have; but we actually like you and want you to […]

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