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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

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Pakistan Press: Clinton ‘White Goddess’; US should Leave Afghanistan

Pakistan Press: Clinton ‘White Goddess’; US should Leave Afghanistan

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases Urdu editorials on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s controversial visit to Pakistan Pakistan: Urdu Press Roundup Discusses […]

Juan Cole

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Should US Troops in Iraq be held Hostage to the next Election?

Should US Troops in Iraq be held Hostage to the next Election?

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament again on Thursday failed to pass an electoral law to govern the holding of the planned January […]

Juan Cole

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Should US Troops in Iraq be held Hostage to the next Election?

Should US Troops in Iraq be held Hostage to the next Election?

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament again on Thursday failed to pass an electoral law to govern the holding of the planned January […]

Juan Cole

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Blast At Peshawar Bazaar Kills 105

Blast At Peshawar Bazaar Kills 105

The story of the gigantic car bombing of the area between Meena and Kochi bazaars in Peshawar, which killed at least 105 persons, is especially […]

Juan Cole

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Corey: What Afghanistan (Should) Mean to Us

Corey: What Afghanistan (Should) Mean to Us

Scott Corey writes a guest op-ed for IC: The Afghanistan debate is mired in the very shortcomings that have kept us from doing well there […]

Juan Cole

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UN Guest House Attacked in Kabul; 8 More US Troops Killed in Bombings; FSO Resigns in Protest; President's Brother CIA Agent, Drug Lord

UN Guest House Attacked in Kabul; 8 More US Troops Killed in Bombings; FSO Resigns in Protest; President’s Brother CIA Agent, Drug Lord

Afghanistan continues to generate bad news at an alarming rate. Gunmen stormed a UN guest house in Kabul, deploying small arms fire and killing 3 […]

Juan Cole

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Bittle & Johnson: Will America’s Short-Term Memory Loss Kill the Climate Bill?

Bittle & Johnson: Will America’s Short-Term Memory Loss Kill the Climate Bill?

Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson, Authors of Who Turned Out the Lights: Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis, write in a guest op-ed for […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: "Obama’s Foreign Policy Report Card"

Cole in Salon: "Obama’s Foreign Policy Report Card"

My Salon column , “Obama’s foreign policy report card,” is available online. Excerpt: ‘ When Obama came into office in January, 142,000 U.S. troops were […]

Juan Cole

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Rivals Blame al-Maliki for Poor Security Arrangements

Rivals Blame al-Maliki for Poor Security Arrangements

The death toll of Sunday’s twin bombings in Baghdad has risen to 155, and tragically it turns out that two dozen children were among the […]

Juan Cole

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