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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Libya
Why Syria’s Revolution is not like Libya’s  (Dughman)

Why Syria’s Revolution is not like Libya’s (Dughman)

Husam Dughman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Arab Spring springs surprises When a popular uprising started in Tunisia less than two […]

Juan Cole

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Conservative ‘Dark Money’ Outspending even Superpacs on Attack Ads (Barker)

Conservative ‘Dark Money’ Outspending even Superpacs on Attack Ads (Barker)

Kim Barker writes at ProPublica Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Romney shills for dirty Big Coal as Obama touts Iowa Wind Power

Romney shills for dirty Big Coal as Obama touts Iowa Wind Power

Wind energy is on a roll in the United States, having doubled since 2008 to 50 gigawatts, enough to power 13 million homes. So why […]

Juan Cole

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Torture) is the New Normal in America (McCoy)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Torture) is the New Normal in America (McCoy)

Alfred W. McCoy writes at Tomdispatch Impunity at Home, Rendition AbroadHow Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life  After a […]

Juan Cole

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Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)

Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)

The Public Interest Group Education Fund and the NGO Demos released a study in early August on the financing of the presidential campaign. They found […]

Juan Cole

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Uygur:  Paul Ryan Created the Deficit

Uygur: Paul Ryan Created the Deficit

Cenk Uygur of Current TV takes on Paul Ryan’s claims to be a deficit hawk and for small government, showing all the ways that Ryan’s […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Arabs and the Olympics (Majid)

Arabs and the Olympics (Majid)

Anouar Majid writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The 2012 Olympics in London gave us a golden opportunity to assess the condition of […]

Juan Cole

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Really, America?  Really?   These are your Top Stories?

Really, America? Really? These are your Top Stories?

Top stories according to google news analytics, 2 pm Monday 8.13.12

Juan Cole

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You might be Paul Ryan if….

You might be Paul Ryan if….

If you admitted that you got into politics because of the impact on you of the philosopher of personal greed and egotism, Ayn Rand, but […]

Juan Cole

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