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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Romney and the ‘Missing Evidence” Instruction (Sullivan)

Romney and the ‘Missing Evidence” Instruction (Sullivan)

John Sullivan writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: A Cabinet nominee or a Supreme Court nominee produces decades of tax returns to the […]

Juan Cole

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Romney, Reid, Taxes and the Un-Macho

Romney, Reid, Taxes and the Un-Macho

Mitt Romney told notorious media bully and propagandist for the American Far Right, Sean Hannity, that it is time for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid […]

Juan Cole

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Poisoning the Seas to get out Oil that Poisons the Atmosphere (Banerjee)

Poisoning the Seas to get out Oil that Poisons the Atmosphere (Banerjee)

Subhankar Banerjee writes at Tomdispatch.com: Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans When you […]

Juan Cole

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Obama signed finding to help Syria Uprising

Obama signed finding to help Syria Uprising

The Syrian opposition continued to hang on in the northern commercial center of Aleppo on Thursday, and even launched a daring new raid. Rebels used […]

Juan Cole

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Sanity and Insanity in American Politics (Bachmann, Sessions, Romney, and Chicken)

Sanity and Insanity in American Politics (Bachmann, Sessions, Romney, and Chicken)

Sanity: Former US officials and academics (including me) call on the Congressional leadership to remove dangerous conspiracy theorist Michele Bachmann from the House Intelligence Committee. […]

Juan Cole

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“Algerian Tuareg” (Painting by Youcef Ben Mahammed)

“Algerian Tuareg” (Painting by Youcef Ben Mahammed)

Youcef Ben Mahammed. “Algerian Tuareg.” Youcef Ben Mahammed (b. Oran, 1973) is a Tunisian-Algerian artist based in Montreal.

Juan Cole

Energy
The Collapse of the Climate Change Contrarians and the End of Coal

The Collapse of the Climate Change Contrarians and the End of Coal

It is not proper to speak of “climate skeptics,” since all scientists (including we social scientists) are skeptical of all data and theories every day, […]

Juan Cole

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Mission Failure: Afghanistan (Engelhardt)

Mission Failure: Afghanistan (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com Mission Failure: Afghanistan:A Message Written in Blood That No One Wants to Hear By Tom Engelhardt Imagine for a moment […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Mr. Romney: Palestinians are Poor Because You Stole from them and Kept them Stateless

Dear Mr. Romney: Palestinians are Poor Because You Stole from them and Kept them Stateless

Mitt Romney, a privileged white man worth a quarter of a billion dollars who has sheltered his money from taxes in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands […]

Juan Cole

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