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Romney wants to Fight Whole Muslim World, not Concentrate on Bin Laden
Mitt Romney said Monday that of course he would have taken out Bin Laden and that ‘even Jimmy Carter would have made that call.’ Since […]
A man’s duty to understand his world (Hemingway Poster)
Omar Khayyam (125)
That lapis lazuli dome and golden tray have turned time and again, and will revolve yet more. We, too, by the command of fate, arrived […]
Israeli Security Elite Slams Netanyahu, sidetracks War on Iran
Not only are high officials and former officials of the Israeli security establishment pushing hard back against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s seeming rush to war […]
He that would make his own liberty secure… (Tom Paine Poster)
Obama: Clark Kent at home, Imperial Superman Abroad (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Obama Contradiction Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad By Tom Engelhardt He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). […]
Saudi-Egypt Crisis Points to Conflict between New Democracies, Old Autocracies
The closure of the Saudi embassy and consulates in Egypt, and the continued demonstrations in Cairo in front of the Ministry of Interior, point to […]
Obama Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
This is C-Span’s video of President Barack Obama’s mostly tongue-in-cheek address at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “[Hillary] won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.” “It’s […]
Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)
Photo by Juan Cole, June, 2009 Sultan Mosque, Singapore Constructed 1928 Architect: Denis Santry of Swan and Maclaren Replaced: Mosque of Sultan Hussein, 1824-1826
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