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The Most American King: Interview  on Jordan with Aaron Magid
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The Most American King: Interview on Jordan with Aaron Magid

Marc Martorell Junyent

Interview with Aaron Magid, author of “The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan” – “King Abdullah is likely more beloved in Washington than inside Jordan” […]

Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized

Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized

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Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

07/16/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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The Planet has a Fever: Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs at Granholm

The Planet has a Fever: Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs at Granholm

Jennifer Granholm interviews Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs on carbon dioxide emissions and global climate change. At the liberal Current TV channel. Gore: There are […]

Juan Cole

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Was this 16-year-old Drone Victim Really a Terrorist? (Chatterjee)

Pratap Chatterjee writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism He walked quietly between his two friends as he entered the conference hall in one of […]

Juan Cole

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Drones, Drones Everywhere, and now we’ve given them to Iran

Drones, Drones Everywhere, and now we’ve given them to Iran

The American deployment of its thousands of drones or unmanned aircraft is one dimension of the breakdown of the rule of law. The US sends […]

Juan Cole

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Earth Day means nothing if We Don’t Limit Carbon Emissions

Earth Day means nothing if We Don’t Limit Carbon Emissions

The first observance of Earth Day was March 21, 1970. I was 17, and along with other students at Broad Run High School, went out […]

Juan Cole

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Yes, MEMRI, there is a Fatwa from Khamenei forbidding Nukes

Yes, MEMRI, there is a Fatwa from Khamenei forbidding Nukes

I’m told that MEMRI, which has its origins in Israeli military intelligence, has put out a statement doubting that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ever […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (104)

Omar Khayyam (104)

Every place you see  a rose or red tulip, they are tinted by the blood  of a fallen king. Every violet petal  that falls to […]

Juan Cole

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Tens of Thousands of Egyptians Demand end to Military Rule

Tens of Thousands of Egyptians Demand end to Military Rule

Friday was the Day of Reviving the Revolution in Egypt, writes al-Hayat in Arabic, with tens of thousands of protesters filling Tahrir Square in downtown […]

Juan Cole

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War is God’s way… (Rodriguez)

War is God’s way… (Rodriguez)

Courtesy Paul Rodriguez Page. This quote appears to come from his stand up routine of 1987 in Los Angeles. It is often misattributed to Ambrose […]

Juan Cole

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Bahrain: little change since ‘brutal crackdown’ as Formula 1 begins (Serle)

Bahrain: little change since ‘brutal crackdown’ as Formula 1 begins (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Bird shot, tear gas and truncheon-wielding riot police are not the normal accompaniments to a Grand […]

Juan Cole

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