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Juan Cole

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Fox Viewers think Mubarak Still runs Egypt

Fox Viewers think Mubarak Still runs Egypt

Juan Cole

A study by Fairleigh Dickenson University researchers has found that frequent viewers of Fox Cable News are worse informed than people who watch no news at all! It is not that Republicans (more likely to watch Fox) are less informed. The researchers took that possible source of bias into account in their finding. No, it […]

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Hizbullah Leader Condemns Syrian Opposition

Hizbullah Leader Condemns Syrian Opposition

Juan Cole

The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hizbullah party-militia, Sayyid Hasan Nasrullah, made an appearance in largely Shiite South Beirut on Tuesday for the first time since 2008, according to al-Hayat writing in Arabic. Via a giant television screen, he addressed a large crowd of tens of thousands, most of whom could not get very close to […]

Tomgram: Michael Klare, A New Cold War in Asia?

Tomgram: Michael Klare, A New Cold War in Asia?

Juan Cole

When it comes to China policy, is the Obama administration leaping from the frying pan directly into the fire?

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Kepler 22b and Climate Change: Instead of Obsessing over Earth-Like Planets, lets Try to Keep this one Earthlike

Kepler 22b and Climate Change: Instead of Obsessing over Earth-Like Planets, lets Try to Keep this one Earthlike

Juan Cole

Dear earthlings: It doesn’t do you any good to get all excited about finding earth-like planets like Kepler 22-B where the average temperature is 72 degrees F (22 C.), if you are going to turn your own planet into a sweltering tropical swamp. The Durban climate conference about the fate of our own planet has […]

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Pakistan and the US: Quarrel or Divorce?

Pakistan and the US: Quarrel or Divorce?

Juan Cole

The Pakistani government is forcing the United States to depart the Shamsi Air Base in Baluchistan within two weeks, as one of three steps taken to protest the killing of 24 Pakistani troops by US war planes on 26 November. The incident was probably an example of friendly fire, though what exactly happened and why […]

Egypt
Theocratic Dominance of the New Egypt may be Exaggerated

Theocratic Dominance of the New Egypt may be Exaggerated

Juan Cole

The official results of the November 28 vote in Egypt have now been announced. Observers are jumping to a lot of conclusions. It seems clear that Muslim religious parties have done better than expected, but the exact proportions are still unclear. Egyptians head to the polls again today to settle run-off contests for seats held […]

Tomgram: William deBuys, The Parching of the West

Tomgram: William deBuys, The Parching of the West

Juan Cole

Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New records tell the tale: biggest wildfire ever recorded in Arizona (538,049 acres), bigge…

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Top Things that Should have Disqualified Cain before Now

Top Things that Should have Disqualified Cain before Now

Juan Cole

The most alarming thing about Herman Cain’s “suspension” of his presidential campaign is what it took to drag him off the stage. It wasn’t his cruelty, sexism, arrogance or rank ignorance about the world. But it should have been. Herman Cain advocated electrifying a border fence to fry Mexicans sneaking across the border. Cain predicted […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Ads against Marriage with American Jews are Part of a Population War

Israeli Ads against Marriage with American Jews are Part of a Population War

Juan Cole

The Israeli government has been forced to withdraw advertisements aimed at Israeli-Americans, urging them to return to Israel and to refrain from marrying American Jews (depicted as ignorant of and distant from Israel). Here is Aljazeera English’s video report on the ads: Why would the Israeli government bite the hand that feeds it, and risk […]

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