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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Israel/ Palestine
Jahanpour:  In Israel-Palestine Dispute, Obama Must Start Putting US Interests First

Jahanpour: In Israel-Palestine Dispute, Obama Must Start Putting US Interests First

Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: According to the U.S. media, after eight hours of pleading with Netanyahu to extend the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Cole in Truthdig: Kandahar the Invisible Campaign

Cole in Truthdig: Kandahar the Invisible Campaign

My column in Truthdig is out, on the invisible Kandahar campaign in the invisible Afghanistan War– and the Karzai/ Petraeus soap opera. Read the whole […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why Obama gave in on Israeli Settlements in Jerusalem:  Eric Cantor, Ros-Lehtinen Channel Israeli Right on Usurpation of Holy City, Displacement of Palestinians

Why Obama gave in on Israeli Settlements in Jerusalem: Eric Cantor, Ros-Lehtinen Channel Israeli Right on Usurpation of Holy City, Displacement of Palestinians

Why in the world would the Obama administration put forward a proposal to the Israelis that allows them to continue to build illegal new squatter […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Species Loss Threatens Humankind

Species Loss Threatens Humankind

The attempts by the world’s governments 2002-2010 to stem massive loss of species completely failed. So the recent conference on species loss at Nagoya in […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Shimkus Pwned on 2 Percent Climate Claims

Shimkus Pwned on 2 Percent Climate Claims

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) says that only 2 percent of the atmosphere is made up of greenhouse gases, and that only 2 percent of those […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni Arabs Return to Parliament but Shiite-Kurdish Ascendancy Holds:  Ahmadinejad Congratulates his Candidate, al-Maliki

Sunni Arabs Return to Parliament but Shiite-Kurdish Ascendancy Holds: Ahmadinejad Congratulates his Candidate, al-Maliki

Al-Hayat writing in Arabic reports on Saturday’s successful parliamentary session in Baghdad, which was joined by the Iraqiya Party, for which most Sunni Arabs had […]

Juan Cole

India
Ron Paul:  We've Already Declared War on Iran

Ron Paul: We’ve Already Declared War on Iran

From last summer after the passage of the Comprehensive Iran sanctions or CISADA: Rep. Ron Paul argues that this measure is more or less a […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Some Attackers Escaped After Karachi Blast: Dawn

Some Attackers Escaped After Karachi Blast: Dawn

Dawn is breaking the news that some of the attackers behind the massive explosion on Thursday night at a Sindh Crime Investigation Department building in […]

Juan Cole

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Robot Actress in Tokyo Steals Show (Reuters): Video of the Day

Robot Actress in Tokyo Steals Show (Reuters): Video of the Day

Reuters reports on a Japanese stage play, Sayonara in which a robot caretaker of an ill woman is actually played by a robot (or more […]

Juan Cole

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