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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

08/06/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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US Airstrike in Pakistan Angers Public; Afghanistan Aid Plagued by Corruption

US Airstrike in Pakistan Angers Public; Afghanistan Aid Plagued by Corruption

A wave of anger has washed over Pakistan because the US hit Pakistani troops along with the Taliban to whom it was giving hot pursuit. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain Confuses Baghdad with Seoul Again; 5 Dead, 10 Wounded in Minibus Bombing; Do Ruling Shiites Want US Out?

McCain Confuses Baghdad with Seoul Again; 5 Dead, 10 Wounded in Minibus Bombing; Do Ruling Shiites Want US Out?

John McCain says that it isn’t too important when American troops leave Iraq, that the main thing is to ensure there aren’t troop deaths. He […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Secret UK Dossier "Damning" of Iraqi Army

Secret UK Dossier "Damning" of Iraqi Army

The narrative of the American Right about Iraq is that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is finally in control, that the Iraqi armed forces are performing […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
BBC: $24 Bn Lost to War Profiteering; Security Agreement Faltering

BBC: $24 Bn Lost to War Profiteering; Security Agreement Faltering

A BBC investigation concludes that as much as $24 billion has gone missing in Iraq, and much of it may have been embezzled by private […]

Juan Cole

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Kucinich: Impeaching Bush

Kucinich: Impeaching Bush

Kucinich on articles of impeachment of Bush:

Juan Cole

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Engelhardt: The World According to Tomdispatch

Engelhardt: The World According to Tomdispatch

The following excerpt is mirrored from Tomdispatch.com in celebration of the publication of Engelhardt’s latest edited book, The World According to TomDispatch: America in the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Seeking 58 Bases; Khamenei Tells al-Maliki not to sign Security Pact

US Seeking 58 Bases; Khamenei Tells al-Maliki not to sign Security Pact

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met Monday with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Farsnews writing in Persian, Khamenei told al-Maliki that the […]

Juan Cole

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Moyers, O'Reilly and Fox Gotcha "Journalism"

Moyers, O’Reilly and Fox Gotcha "Journalism"

Fox Producer Porter Barry ambushes Bill Moyers at National Conference for Media Reform 2008, insisting that the NCMR is a partisan organization (it is not) […]

Juan Cole

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Napoleon’s Egypt in Paperback

Napoleon’s Egypt in Paperback

Some readers asked me to let them know when my recent book, Napoleon’s Egypt, was out in paperback. Well it is out and can be […]

Juan Cole

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