One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards
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Zorah in a Yellow Robe (Matisse Painting)
. Henri Matisse, Zorah: La Robe Jaune. Oil on Canvass. Morocco, 1912. Collection Cowles it has been argued that Matisse stepped back, on his first […]
Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)
Some book keeping for new readers. Subscribe to postings by email here You can follow the blog via Twitter @jricole. The Facebook Informed Comment fan […]
The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)
Doug Saunders writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Three Myths About Muslims That Have Poisoned American Politics The attacks on two of […]
Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”
I’m going to murder my grief with a bottle of […]
Tunis: View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)
Photograph by Juan Cole, May, 2012
Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?
Michele Bachmann is flailing around accusing all the US government officials of Muslim heritage of being connected to the Muslim Brotherhood (which in turn she […]
300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)
Some 300,000 violent crimes are committed each year in the US with the aid of a firearm.. One of the arguments for not banning the […]
The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)
Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com (excerpt Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the […]
If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?
Police are concluding that the semi-automatic rifle with 100-round drum attached used by the Aurora shooter jammed. He was then forced to use his Glock […]
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