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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide
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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.”  The […]

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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

10/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

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Flow Chart of Authority in Today’s Egypt (!!!)

Flow Chart of Authority in Today’s Egypt (!!!)

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Top Five Things Morsi has to Do if Egypt is to Succeed

Top Five Things Morsi has to Do if Egypt is to Succeed

For understandable reasons, analysis of the political changes in Egypt has focused on personalities (new president Muhammad Morsi is not charismatic); on ideology (how far […]

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Cole’s Opposition to Iraq War in January, 2003

Cole’s Opposition to Iraq War in January, 2003

The Neocons, masters of disinformation, keep trying to put it about (and it is in the current Wikipedia article on me) that I somehow was […]

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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 […]

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Feminist Brooke Shields-Tom Cruise Cartoon of the Day

Feminist Brooke Shields-Tom Cruise Cartoon of the Day

Explanation here..

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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,” […]

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