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Was Colonialism a Crime?  Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule
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Was Colonialism a Crime? Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule

Juan Cole

Bennoune He wrote not only of innumerable massacres by French commanders of local populations but also of a vast transfer of landed wealth

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West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

12/26/2025 By The Conversation

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

12/26/2025 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Khamenei Takes Control, Forbids Nuclear Bomb

Khamenei Takes Control, Forbids Nuclear Bomb

Early returns in Iran’s 9th parliamentary election since the 1979 revolution show that Ahmadinejad’s lay populists have taken a drubbing, and that hard line supporters […]

Juan Cole

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Santorum Can't Run Away from Limbaugh, who is just taking Santorum's ideas to their logical conclusion

Santorum Can’t Run Away from Limbaugh, who is just taking Santorum’s ideas to their logical conclusion

Rick Santorum is trying to distance himself from Rush Limbaugh’s slander of Sandra Fluke. He maintains that Limbaugh is just an “entertainer” and that he […]

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Oceans acidifying faster than anytime in last 300 million Years

Oceans acidifying faster than anytime in last 300 million Years

About 55 million years ago, in the Eocene, volcanic activity spewed enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. The earth warmed by 4-5 degrees […]

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Omar Khayyan (49)

Omar Khayyan (49)

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Unlikely Oracle of Occupy Wall Street

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Unlikely Oracle of Occupy Wall Street

When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse…

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Limbaugh and the best argument for Birth Control

Limbaugh and the best argument for Birth Control

Best argument for birth control: If Rush Limbaugh’s mother had used it, imagine how much better the world would be.

Juan Cole

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Mark Twain on Courage

Mark Twain on Courage

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Dear President Obama: On Iran, Listen to the Israelis, not the Likud

Dear President Obama: On Iran, Listen to the Israelis, not the Likud

It is often the case in democratic societies that reasonable people get saddled with extremist governments. Israel is in such a situation at the moment. […]

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Dear MSM: Andrew Breitbart was not a Blogger

Dear MSM: Andrew Breitbart was not a Blogger

Dear Mainstream Media: Andrew Breitbart was not a blogger. He was a political trickster, a serial frame-up artist, a con man, a fraud, a flimflam […]

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