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The Inevitable Transition in Iran
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The Inevitable Transition in Iran

Bernard Hourcade

Economic grievances are now directly tied to the functioning and political structure of the Islamic Republic itself

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

01/14/2026 By The Conversation

Racing toward a Mad Max World

Racing toward a Mad Max World

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Karl Rove’s Math that mades Republicans Feel Better until Reality Set In (Daily Show Video)

Karl Rove’s Math that mades Republicans Feel Better until Reality Set In (Daily Show Video)

Jon Stewart skewers the fantasyland in which Fox Cable Mews guests seem to live in, in which Mitt Romney was headed for a landslide despite […]

Juan Cole

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Karl Rove’s Regret (Jamiol Cartoon)

Karl Rove’s Regret (Jamiol Cartoon)

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Juan Cole

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America’s Coming Space Wars (McCoy)

America’s Coming Space Wars (McCoy)

Alfred W. McCoy writes at Tomdispatch.com Beyond Bayonets and Battleships Space Warfare and the Future of U.S. Global Power It’s 2025 and an American “triple […]

Juan Cole

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Why Bill O'Reilly is Wrong about Minorities 'Wanting Things" & the Election

Why Bill O’Reilly is Wrong about Minorities ‘Wanting Things” & the Election

Bill O’Reilly set the frame for an “angry white male” understanding of the bath Mitt Romney took at the polls Tuesday night, even before it […]

Juan Cole

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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

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