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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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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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…

Juan Cole

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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. […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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Hizbullah: Israeli attack on Iran would “ignite the region”

Hizbullah: Israeli attack on Iran would “ignite the region”

Sheikh Naim Qassem, the number two man in Lebanon’s Hizbullah, told Reuters on Wednesday that any Israeli strike on Iran would spin out of control […]

Juan Cole

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