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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

01/03/2026 By The Conversation

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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Cheney afraid to speak in “Dangerous” Canada

Cheney afraid to speak in “Dangerous” Canada

Dick Cheney has cancelled a talk in Toronto because, he says, “Canada is too dangerous.” This is the ultimate chicken hawk, who had 5 deferrals […]

Juan Cole

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Afghanistan Massacre: Unstable Soldiers, Untreated Brain Injuries, PTSD

Afghanistan Massacre: Unstable Soldiers, Untreated Brain Injuries, PTSD

AP is reporting that the staff sergeant who killed 16 Afghan villagers near Qandahar on Sunday morning had suffered a head injury in a vehicle […]

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Lebanon debates laws protecting women from domestic violence: Zambarakji

Lebanon debates laws protecting women from domestic violence: Zambarakji

Angie Zambarakji writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Analysis: Lebanon debates laws protecting women from domestic violence by Angie Zambarakji Domestic violence cases in […]

Juan Cole

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How to Cuddle with an Elephant Seal

How to Cuddle with an Elephant Seal

Another seal meets girl story (environmentalism, not a Heidi Klum gossip piece). Seal meets girl. Seal falls in love with girl. The end. from Bob […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (58)

Omar Khayyam (58)

My creed is to drink wine and be happy; my faith is to be devoid of unbelief and religion. I said to the bride of […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghans to US Military:  Be at Least a Little Ashamed

Afghans to US Military: Be at Least a Little Ashamed

This is one Afghanistan newspaper’s reaction today to the story of the massacre by a US staff sergeant of 16 villagers, including 9 children, near […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, War as the President’s Private Preserve

Tomgram: Engelhardt, War as the President’s Private Preserve

When I was young, the Philadelphia Bulletin ran cartoon ads that usually featured a man in trouble — dangling by his fingers, say, from an outdoor clock…

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Changing Iran’s Nuclear Calculation with Green Energy: Buonomo

Changing Iran’s Nuclear Calculation with Green Energy: Buonomo

Thomas J. Buonomo writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Changing Iran’s Cost-Benefit Analysis on Its Nuclear Program The announcement last week by Chinese […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (57)

Omar Khayyam (57)

We are pagans of love; the orthodox are something else. We are like puny ants; the splendor of Solomon is something else. Our faces are […]

Juan Cole

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