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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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Morsi: Between Human Rights and Extremism

Morsi: Between Human Rights and Extremism

Egyptian President-elect Muhammad Morsi addressed an enormous crowd in Tahrir Square on Friday, paying homage to the revolution that allowed him to come to power […]

Juan Cole

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Feminist Brooke Shields-Tom Cruise Cartoon of the Day

Feminist Brooke Shields-Tom Cruise Cartoon of the Day

Explanation here..

Juan Cole

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Mideast Twitter: Gulf Giants, Arab Spring Midgets

Mideast Twitter: Gulf Giants, Arab Spring Midgets

Jeune Afrique (Young Africa), has a piece on social media in the Arab world. It shows that by volume of tweets, Twitter in the Middle […]

Juan Cole

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Top Six Things Congress would do if they Cared if we are Healthy

Top Six Things Congress would do if they Cared if we are Healthy

Health care is essential, and no American should be without insurance to pay for it. But prevention of diseases and injuries is as important as […]

Juan Cole

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Low Life Expectancy tracks with Opposition to Obamacare (Map)

Low Life Expectancy tracks with Opposition to Obamacare (Map)

Life expectancy in the United States by state (2009 statistics): Hawaii has the longest life expectancy among the states, so maybe Obama thought it isn’t […]

Juan Cole

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Patriotism and PTSD (Levinson)

Patriotism and PTSD (Levinson)

Nan Levinson writes at Tomdispatch.com: Mad, Bad, Sad  What’s Really Happened to America’s Soldiers By Nan Levinson “PTSD is going to color everything you write,” […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Well, we dodged the bullet of looking like Zimbabwe on this issue. But we still need a single payer system. And the court exempting states […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Courts and Democracy in Egypt, Pakistan and the United States

Supreme Courts and Democracy in Egypt, Pakistan and the United States

As the US Supreme Court rules on the universal health care plan, it is worth considering that all of a sudden the courts are playing […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa (Map)

Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa (Map)

Well, we dodged the bullet of looking like Zimbabwe on this issue. But we still need a single payer system. And the court exempting states […]

Juan Cole

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