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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Pakistan
Former Pakistan Dictator suffers "heart problem" on Way to Treason Trial

Former Pakistan Dictator suffers “heart problem” on Way to Treason Trial

(by AFP) Musharraf suffers ‘heart problem’ on way to treason hearing (via AFP) Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was rushed to hospital Thursday after […]

Juan Cole

science
Space Exploration as Reality Show: 1000 chosen for Private Mars Colonization Mission

Space Exploration as Reality Show: 1000 chosen for Private Mars Colonization Mission

(By AFP> More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission (via AFP) More than 1,000 candidates — from 200,000 hopefuls — have been chosen […]

Juan Cole

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GOP isn't Getting more Ignorant on Evolution, it is Just getting Older

GOP isn’t Getting more Ignorant on Evolution, it is Just getting Older

(By Juan Cole) Polling by the Pew Charitable trust shows that the gap between Republicans and Democrats on evolution has substantially widened in just 5 […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria: 73,000 were Killed in 2013 Carnage as Refugees Brace for Winter

Syria: 73,000 were Killed in 2013 Carnage as Refugees Brace for Winter

(By AFP) 73,000 dead in Syria in 2013, war’s bloodiest year (via AFP) More than 73,000 people were killed in Syria in 2013, the bloodiest […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Is a Third Palestinian Uprising on its Way?

Is a Third Palestinian Uprising on its Way?

(By Ruthie Blum) On December 25, Ali Jarbawi published his blockbuster Op-Ed “The Coming Intifada” with The New York Times. ”We Palestinians are living through […]

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art and photography
Street Kebab Chef in Mosul, Iraq, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

Street Kebab Chef in Mosul, Iraq, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

From M. E. Hume-Griffith and A. Hume, Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman’s Eight Years’ Residence Amongst the […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Egyptian Military Junta Jumps the Shark, Interrogates Islamist Muppet

Egyptian Military Junta Jumps the Shark, Interrogates Islamist Muppet

(By Juan Cole) When the venerable al-Ahram newspaper, then under the control of the government of Hosni Mubarak, published the allegation during the 2011 revolution […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Solar Ascendancy: Minnesota Court Ruling for Solar over Gas a Harbinger of Things to Come

Solar Ascendancy: Minnesota Court Ruling for Solar over Gas a Harbinger of Things to Come

(By Juan Cole) Minnesota Judge Eric Lipman found that solar is a better deal than natural gas for Xcel Energy, permitting Geronimo Energy to construct […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Apple: We didn't help NSA put the Dropoutjeep Backdoor in our iPhones

Apple: We didn’t help NSA put the Dropoutjeep Backdoor in our iPhones

(By Jon Queally) Apple, the company giant behind the iconic iPhone, declared on Monday that is has never assisted the NSA in its efforts to […]

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“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

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