Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.
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“Whoever controls the media . . .” (Allen Ginsberg Poster)
Entrance to Grand Mosque, Kairouan
Photo by Juan Cole, May, 2012 Aghlabid, rebuilt 863. For another traveler’s view of Kairouan, see this blog.
Morsi Reaffirms Israel Peace Treaty to Clinton
The establishment press in Egypt, al-Ahram (“The Pyramids”), reported cautiously on the meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi (from […]
On Denying “Radicals” Due Process (Fighting Bob LaFollette Poster)
Kairouan, Tunisia
Kairouan, Tunisia, May 2012, from a rooftop. Photo by Juan Cole For more on this UNESCO Heritage City, see this link.
Omar Khayyam (313) “wine loosens even cast-iron shackles”
Wine-bibbing makes people less full of themselves, and wine loosens even cast-iron shackles. If satan had only tippled […]
Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction
A new study finds that the Madagascar lemur primate is the vertebrate species most threatened by extinction. One reason for the threat is not only […]
Ghoul’s Glossary: From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)
Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym […]
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