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SCOTUS Tariff Ruling to Ease Solar Prices, as even GOP Voters Boost Sun Power
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SCOTUS Tariff Ruling to Ease Solar Prices, as even GOP Voters Boost Sun Power

Juan Cole

The SCOTUS decision striking down arbitrary Trump tariffs will make solar panel imports cheaper

Ramadan under the Rubble: Gaza welcomes Holy Month amid Unhealed Wounds

Ramadan under the Rubble: Gaza welcomes Holy Month amid Unhealed Wounds

02/21/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Food and War in Sudan

Food and War in Sudan

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Congress:  The Broken Engine of our Stalled Economy (Jamiol cartoon)

Congress: The Broken Engine of our Stalled Economy (Jamiol cartoon)

By Paul Jamiol, courtesy Jamiol’s World.

Juan Cole

US politics
Gun Murders vs. Terrorism by the Numbers

Gun Murders vs. Terrorism by the Numbers

Number of Americans killed in domestic terrorist attacks, 2002-2011: 30 Number of Americans murdered by firearms, 2000-2011: 115,997 Cost of the War on Terror since […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (259) “Have some wine, since no one is given a long life”

Omar Khayyam (259) “Have some wine, since no one is given a long life”

The revolving sky, which has never revealed any mysteries, has brutally crushed a thousand innocents. Have some wine, since no one is given a long […]

Juan Cole

Syria
237 Dead in Syria day of Horrors, 87 killed at Aleppo U

237 Dead in Syria day of Horrors, 87 killed at Aleppo U

An enormous explosion hit Aleppo University on Tuesday, killing some 87 students and wounding over 150. The motive for the bombing is obscure. The regime […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Administration Seems Confused On Afghan ‘End Game’ – AP  (…. in 1988! – Screenshot)

Administration Seems Confused On Afghan ‘End Game’ – AP (…. in 1988! – Screenshot)

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Bahrain’s Bloody Crackdown no Bar to Big US Weapons Sales (Elliott)

Bahrain’s Bloody Crackdown no Bar to Big US Weapons Sales (Elliott)

Justin Elliott writes at ProPublica: Despite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons and maintenance to the small Mideast […]

Juan Cole

Africa
“Investigative Journalism is Completely [Screwed]” (Daily Show’s John Oliver)

“Investigative Journalism is Completely [Screwed]” (Daily Show’s John Oliver)

John Oliver of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” explains that CNN eliminated its entire investigative documentary unit and that the only place investigative reporters any longer […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (458) “Be happy in this fleeting moment”

Omar Khayyam (458) “Be happy in this fleeting moment”

Since you can’t comprehend the mysteries, why wallow uselessly in grief?  Since you ‘re  not going to get your way, be happy in this fleeting moment […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
How Torture Misled the US into an Illegal War:  What Zero Dark Thirty Really Leaves Out

How Torture Misled the US into an Illegal War: What Zero Dark Thirty Really Leaves Out

An important problem with the narrative line of “Zero Dark Thirty,” Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the Central Intelligence Agency’s quest for Usama Bin Laden, is […]

Juan Cole

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