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Herman Cain Painfully Clueless on Libya
Herman Cain more or less admits that he has no idea what he would have done about the Libyan Revolution and no idea whether his […]
GOPers Promise you War on Iran & Torture & Poverty
Saturday’s Republican debate, sponsored by CBS and the National Journal, revealed a Republican field that is promising war on Iran and a revival of the […]
No, that wasn’t an al-Qaeda Flag over Benghazi
I asked a Libyan scholar about the silly urban legend going around that an “al-Qaeda” flag flew from a government building in Benghazi recently. Here […]
Arab League Sets Syria for Suspension
The Arab League initiated the suspension of Syria’s membership on Saturday, giving Damascus three days to cease shooting down Syrian demonstrators or else the country […]
Could Electronic Communication Cooperatives Protect Us?
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a member of parliament in Iceland, has written a column in which she complains that the US Department of Justice asked Twitter to […]
Pyramids Partially Closed in face of New Age “Threat”
The Egyptian Antiquities authority partially closed the Pyramids to foreign tourists on Friday, in an attempt to prevent Western New Age groups from holding rituals […]
The Little Iran Nuclear Report that Couldn’t
A key allegation in the IAEA report on Iranian nuclear activities has fallen apart. Gareth Porter has been able to use interviews and other material […]
Tomgram: Juan Cole, Protesting a Pasha-the-Tiger World
From Tunis to Tel Aviv, Madrid to Oakland, a new generation of youth activists is challenging the neoliberal state that has dominated the world ever since the Cold War ended. The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have …
Perry’s Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics
Rick Perry flubbed the CNBC debate when he forgot his own talking points. He had campaigned on abolishing the Commerce, Education and Energy Departments. But […]
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