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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
Climate Crisis

All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

01/30/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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Wingnut Pundits Who Trashed Obama over Pirate Stand-Off, Proved Wrong for the Zillionth Time

Wingnut Pundits Who Trashed Obama over Pirate Stand-Off, Proved Wrong for the Zillionth Time

Kenneth T. Walsh at US News & World Report gives details of President Obama’s handling of the Somali pirates’ holding of Captain Richard Phillips hostage. […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Interview at Progressive Book Club

Cole Interview at Progressive Book Club

The Progressive Book Club’s interview with me about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, as been posted. Note that if you join the Progressive […]

Juan Cole

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Cole & Charlie Rose

Cole & Charlie Rose

Click here for Charlie Rose’s interview with me about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World. Rose’s is among the best interview shows on television, […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: "The Great Right-Wing Freak-Out"

Cole in Salon: "The Great Right-Wing Freak-Out"

My Salon.com, “The Great Right-Wing Freak-Out” has been posted, with the subtitle: “Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama’s trip […]

Juan Cole

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Odierno Certain that US Troops will be Out of Iraq by Late 2011

Odierno Certain that US Troops will be Out of Iraq by Late 2011

General Ray Odierno, after months of appearing to want to wriggle out of the requirement in the Status of Forces Agreement that US troops depart […]

Juan Cole

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Take a Deep Breath on Pakistan

Take a Deep Breath on Pakistan

I don’t know David Kilcullen. But the things he is alleged to have told Paul McGeogh of the Sydney Morning Herald about Pakistan are just […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan: US Drones have killed 687 Innocents

Pakistan: US Drones have killed 687 Innocents

Pakistani authorities investigating the aftermath of US bombing raids in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan have come to the conclusion that they cause […]

Juan Cole

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Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Sons of Iraq, wounds over 30

Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Sons of Iraq, wounds over 30

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest detonated his payload Saturday in the midst of a crowd of Sunni Arab militiamen in Iskandariya south of […]

Juan Cole

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Truck Bomber Kills 5 US Troops in Mosul;

Truck Bomber Kills 5 US Troops in Mosul;

McClatchy reports that a suicide truck bomber hit a police barricade in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, detonating 200 pounds of explosives just […]

Juan Cole

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