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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
Climate Crisis

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

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Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

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Photo of the Day: Beirut’s Split Personality

Photo of the Day: Beirut’s Split Personality

Posters on a single column in al-Hamra Street, Beirut, August 2010 &#169 Juan Cole, 2010

Juan Cole

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Gates, the Adult in the Room, Rebuffs Israeli, Republican Warmongering on Iran

Gates, the Adult in the Room, Rebuffs Israeli, Republican Warmongering on Iran

The Military-Industrial-Israel Complex is baaack. The victory of the War Party– … ooops, I mean the Republican Party– at the polls on November 2 was […]

Juan Cole

India
What does Pakistan think of Obama’s India Trip?

What does Pakistan think of Obama’s India Trip?

Pakistanis are from all accounts rather miffed that President Barack Obama did not stop in Islamabad as part of his Asian tour. The officer corps […]

Juan Cole

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MSNBC’s Phil Griffith the Worst Person in the World, as Olbermann Joins Donahue, Banfield

MSNBC’s Phil Griffith the Worst Person in the World, as Olbermann Joins Donahue, Banfield

With regard to the ‘indefinite suspension’ of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC for having donated small sums to three Democratic candidates, here is a little piece […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Over 70 Killed in Mosque Bombings, northwestern Pakistan

Over 70 Killed in Mosque Bombings, northwestern Pakistan

The Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan) bombed two mosques in Pakistan’s Pashtun northwest on Friday, killing over 70 persons and wounding many others. CSM argues […]

Juan Cole

India
Bachmann Harms US Economy, Security with Scurrilous Charges about Obama in India

Bachmann Harms US Economy, Security with Scurrilous Charges about Obama in India

One of the great things about the victory of so many eccentrics in the congressional races of 2010 for bloggers is that we can look […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens Egyptian, Iraqi Christians

Al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens Egyptian, Iraqi Christians

The Guardian argues that Sunni Arab religious radicals (“al-Qaeda”) released from US or Iraqi custody in recent months have formed newly assertive cells and that […]

Juan Cole

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1942 Midterms:  Republicans win Popular Vote, Pick up 47 Seats in House; Roosevelt on Ropes; Pacific War Uncertain, Economy Slowly Improving

1942 Midterms: Republicans win Popular Vote, Pick up 47 Seats in House; Roosevelt on Ropes; Pacific War Uncertain, Economy Slowly Improving

It was November, 1942. A year earlier the Japanese Empire had struck at Pearl Harbor and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had finally entered World War […]

Juan Cole

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17 Bombings of Shiite Districts Kill 113; Fears of Sectarian Reprisals

17 Bombings of Shiite Districts Kill 113; Fears of Sectarian Reprisals

The LA Times is putting the death toll of Tuesday’s series of 17 bombings of Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad at an astonishing 113, one of […]

Juan Cole

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