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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

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Israel/ Palestine
How an Israeli Strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel

How an Israeli Strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel

Some colleagues on an email list got me thinking about the worst case scenario of an Israeli air strike on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, so […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Cole Spanish interviews on Arab Spring in Costa Rica Press

Cole Spanish interviews on Arab Spring in Costa Rica Press

My Spanish-speaking readers will enjoy these links to interviews about the Arab Spring I did last week in San Jose, Costa Rica, with the press […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam 14

Omar Khayyam 14

The idol asked the pagan, “Do you know why you started bowing down to me?” –“It was because the One who looks out through your […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria Veto and the Revenge of the BRICS

Syria Veto and the Revenge of the BRICS

Russia and China jointly cast a veto Saturday in the United Nations Security Council against an Arab League-backed resolution that would have called for President […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Lyons:  Islam, Women and the West

Lyons: Islam, Women and the West

Jonathan Lyons writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Islam, Women, and the West   This essay is adapted from my latest book, Islam […]

Juan Cole

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NASA’s Dangerous new Blue Marble

NASA’s Dangerous new Blue Marble

NASA’s new composite “Blue Marble” high definition image of the planet earth from outer space: Quick, a test: Was your first reaction, “What a beautiful […]

Juan Cole

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Greenwald:  Koch Brothers Should Testify before Congress

Greenwald: Koch Brothers Should Testify before Congress

The Wall Street Journal carried a plaintive piece about how the poor far right wing oil billionaires David and Charles Koch (who bring you everything […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam 13

Omar Khayyam 13

Where’s the smoke from my fire around here? Where’s the profit on my investment around here? As for the guy who called me a bar […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt Soccer Protests Challenge Military Regime

Egypt Soccer Protests Challenge Military Regime

Friday saw another day of big protests and police repression in Egypt’s major cities. The protesters, who want the military to withdraw from politics and […]

Juan Cole

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