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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (2) [Whinfield 1]

Omar Khayyam (2) [Whinfield 1]

At dawn a shout     awoke us in      that watering hole… you crazed         carousing             drunk! Get up and grab that bottle    let’s finish what we started […]

Juan Cole

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Why the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Victory at the Polls May not be Decisive

Why the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Victory at the Polls May not be Decisive

The Muslim Brotherhood received a little over a third of the votes in the third round of elections for the lower house of parliament. Since […]

Juan Cole

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World’s Stupidest Guerrillas Kill over 70 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq

World’s Stupidest Guerrillas Kill over 70 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq

Guerrillas in Iraq staged a serious of bloody bombings targeting Shiites on Thursday. Shiite Muslims are on the move, meeting and going on pilgrimage to […]

Juan Cole

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Jahanpour:  As US and Iran Confront Each other, where is the Diplomacy?

Jahanpour: As US and Iran Confront Each other, where is the Diplomacy?

Dr. Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment : The war of words between Iran and the West has reached dangerous proportions, […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Buying Congress in 2012

Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Buying Congress in 2012

My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve — dangerously naïve…

Juan Cole

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Turkey Warns against Sunni-Shiite Civil War in Mideast

Turkey Warns against Sunni-Shiite Civil War in Mideast

Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu Ahmet Davutoglu warned Wednesday in Tehran against a Sunni-Shiite civil war in the Middle East, which he said was being encouraged […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (1) [Whinfield 26]

Omar Khayyam (1) [Whinfield 26]

In these one,     two,        three days       a lifetime has passed, like cascading waters     or a desert squall. But regret for two days […]

Juan Cole

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US sees Iranian Military Spending as Threat

US sees Iranian Military Spending as Threat

courtesy Ben Adler @ Reuters

Juan Cole

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Three Republican Bears and none Just Right

Three Republican Bears and none Just Right

Why did Mitt Romney win Iowa? Not because he is the ideal candidate, but because the Republican faithful will just have to settle. That the […]

Juan Cole

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