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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Top Ten Wish List Progressives should Press on President Obama

Top Ten Wish List Progressives should Press on President Obama

President Obama’s reelection should mean more to progressives than simply dodging the bullet of a Romney presidency indebted to the Tea Party. Democratic politics has […]

Juan Cole

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Combining Wind Power And Electric Vehicles In Denmark (Video)

Combining Wind Power And Electric Vehicles In Denmark (Video)

On one of Denmark’s islands, locals are running their electric cars in some part off wind energy. This kind of arrangement is the only viable […]

Juan Cole

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Four Middle East crises will face the next President Immediately

Four Middle East crises will face the next President Immediately

American politics is mainly about domestic issues, and the presidential election season has caused a sort of black out of international news on US networks […]

Juan Cole

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Our way-too-Supersized Elections:  Engelhardt on BillMoyers.com (Video)

Our way-too-Supersized Elections: Engelhardt on BillMoyers.com (Video)

From BillMoyers.com: “Tom Engelhardt on Supersized Politics in the 2012 Election November 5, 2012 If we’ve learned anything from the 2012 race, it’s that American […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Coming Disasters: Romney’s America 2016

Top Ten Coming Disasters: Romney’s America 2016

What will the United States look like in 2016 if Mitt Romney wins? While predicting the future is of course impossible, actually my experience is […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Romney: “Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of Iran War” (Goulka)

Romney: “Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of Iran War” (Goulka)

Jeremiah Goulka writes at Tomdispatch: The Dogs of War Are Barking: Mitt Romney’s Team Wants to Let ‘Em Loose in Iran It’s the consensus among […]

Juan Cole

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Romney-Ryan: The Real Death Panel (Jamiol Cartoon)

Romney-Ryan: The Real Death Panel (Jamiol Cartoon)

By Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Drones

How US Drone Assassinations all Began (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) usually gets all the credit for the first US drone targeted […]

Juan Cole

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Comedian Chris Rock:  Obama is the Great White Hope

Comedian Chris Rock: Obama is the Great White Hope

Comedian Chris Rock: argues that voters looking for a truly white presidential candidate need look no further than Barack Obama.

Juan Cole

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