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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”
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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”

Alan Richards

Santa Cruz, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – HISTORY is always complicated. ELEMENTARY ETHICS is not. “Do not do to others what is hateful to […]

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

07/15/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

07/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Dear MSM: Andrew Breitbart was not a Blogger

Dear MSM: Andrew Breitbart was not a Blogger

Dear Mainstream Media: Andrew Breitbart was not a blogger. He was a political trickster, a serial frame-up artist, a con man, a fraud, a flimflam […]

Juan Cole

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Hizbullah: Israeli attack on Iran would “ignite the region”

Hizbullah: Israeli attack on Iran would “ignite the region”

Sheikh Naim Qassem, the number two man in Lebanon’s Hizbullah, told Reuters on Wednesday that any Israeli strike on Iran would spin out of control […]

Juan Cole

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Mark Twain on Education

Mark Twain on Education

Does this make you think of anyone in the news these days?

Juan Cole

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A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East: Fathollah-Nejad

A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East: Fathollah-Nejad

Ali Fathollah-Nejad writes in a guest column for Informed Comment A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East Why It Would Be in the […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (47)

Omar Khayyam (47)

No one can pierce the veil of mystery. No one’s soul is aware  of this arrangement. Only in the heart of the black earth do […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Top 5 Stratfor Revelations

Top 5 Stratfor Revelations

Wikileaks is publishing internal memos of the Stratfor security analysis firm. A few tidbits have emerged in these very early days, to wit: 1. Up […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel – Iran Military Comparison

Israel – Iran Military Comparison

With all the hooplah about a possible Israeli attack on Iran (which I view as rather unlikely), it is worthwhile revisiting the issue of how […]

Juan Cole

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Romney’s “Across the Board” Tax Cuts benefit the Super-Rich

Romney’s “Across the Board” Tax Cuts benefit the Super-Rich

In his acceptance speech for his primary victories in Arizona and Michigan, Mitt Romney repeated his pledges to cut taxes 20 percent “across the board” […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Tomgram: Engelhardt and Turse, The End in Afghanistan?

Tomgram: Engelhardt and Turse, The End in Afghanistan?

You would have to be blind not to notice that the American effort in Afghanistan is heading into the tank…

Juan Cole

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