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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

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Egypt
Thugs Attack Women Demonstrators in Cairo – Whodunit?

Thugs Attack Women Demonstrators in Cairo – Whodunit?

Juan Cole

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Discontent, disturbance and legal failures in Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey (Fitzgibbon)

Discontent, disturbance and legal failures in Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey (Fitzgibbon)

Will Fitzgibbon writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism It has been a big week for the NGO heavy-hitters. Three separate investigations in three different […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Panetta/ Pakistan War of Words

The Panetta/ Pakistan War of Words

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has caused a stir by warning US ally Pakistan that Washington’s ‘patience is wearing thin’ with the support for the […]

Juan Cole

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The Great Wall of . . .  Arizona (Miller)

The Great Wall of . . . Arizona (Miller)

Todd Miller writes at Tomdispatch.com Bringing the Battlefield to the Border The Wild World of Border Security and Boundary Building in Arizona By Todd Miller […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria and the Rise of the Death Squad

Syria and the Rise of the Death Squad

The fresh Baath massacre of non-combatants, in Qubair on Wednesday, is being assiduously covered up by the government of dictator Bashar al-Assad, who is preventing […]

Juan Cole

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100 Dead in Fresh Syrian Massacre

100 Dead in Fresh Syrian Massacre

Activists accused the Syrian Baath Party of committing yet another massacre on Wednesday, this time at Qubair in Hama Province. Around 100 are said to […]

Juan Cole

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“There is more than one way to burn a book” (Ray Bradbury Poster)

“There is more than one way to burn a book” (Ray Bradbury Poster)

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Silver Linings for Democrats in Wisconsin Outcome

Top Ten Silver Linings for Democrats in Wisconsin Outcome

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory in the recall gubernatorial election campaign over his Democratic Party rival is being read like tea leaves with regard to […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Despite Airport Incident, Henry Kissinger is Wrong about Libya

Despite Airport Incident, Henry Kissinger is Wrong about Libya

I spent May 27 through June 3 in Libya, and flew out of Tripoli airport to Cairo a day before a small Tarhouna militia came […]

Juan Cole

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