This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
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Coleridge, Kubla Khan (Poem of the Day)
(By Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Kubla Khan Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, […]
The End of the Turkish Model? Erdogan’s Paranoia and Authoritarian Streak Threaten his Legacy
(By Juan Cole) Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is sounding more and more hysterical, and less and less like a statesman as 2013 ends. If […]
Top Five Differences between Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson and Miley Cyrus
(By Juan Cole) Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal last week defended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson and slammed pop diva Miley Cyrus. He said, “The politically […]
Top US academic association decries Israel boycott
Association of American Universities releases statement saying measure ‘clearly violates’ academic freedom
FDL Book Salon on Andrew Bacevich, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country
Hosting Book Salon at Firedoglake: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Andrew J. Bacevich, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country Author: Juan […]
Gov’t lost its legitimacy: Turkey's main opposition leader
Turkey’s main opposition leader has raised the pressure on the government over the massive graft probe
Egypt Military Junta Sentences 2011 Revolutionaries to 3 Years Hard Labor
Egypt court jails anti-Mubarak activists for 3 years (via AFP) An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three activists who spearheaded the 2011 uprising against Hosni […]
Obama warns South Sudan against Coup as US Plane comes under Fire
Obama warns S. Sudan against military coup (via AFP) President Barack Obama warned South Sudan on Saturday that Washington and its allies would cut aid […]
SNL: Not only is Santa Black, but one of his Reindeers is Gay
Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong make fun of Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and her silly insistence that “Santa Clause is white.” (See also IC’s take […]
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