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Taliban Hit NATO Warehouses, Destroy 150 Trucks
Unidentified militants attacked a NATO forward storage center at the ring road (beltway) of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday morning. They destroyed […]
Worthington: Obama and Holder Must Return to a September 10th Mind-Set
Andy Worthington writes in a guest op-ed for IC: During the election campaign, one of the sticks with which John McCain’s team attempted to beat […]
Worthington: Obama and Holder Must Return to a September 10th Mind-Set
Andy Worthington writes in a guest op-ed for IC: During the election campaign, one of the sticks with which John McCain’s team attempted to beat […]
Obama Taps Shinseki for Veterans Affairs; Ironies Abound
Barack Obama will put forward retired Gen. Eric Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in his cabinet.. WaPo quoted me: ‘Juan Cole, a University of […]
Obama Taps Shinseki for Veterans Affairs; Ironies Abound
Barack Obama will put forward retired Gen. Eric Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in his cabinet.. WaPo quoted me: ‘Juan Cole, a University of […]
Did a Dry Weather Cycle allow the Islamic Empire to Supplant the Byzantines?
Robert Roy Britt of Live Science reports on the research of a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Valley that shows increased dryness […]
Did a Dry Weather Cycle allow the Islamic Empire to Supplant the Byzantines?
Robert Roy Britt of Live Science reports on the research of a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Valley that shows increased dryness […]
Arguing with Bush One last Time
Informed Comment has had a few running features, including top ten lists, the Ghoul’s Glossary, and ‘Arguing with Bush.’ With any luck this column will […]
Arguing with Bush One last Time
Informed Comment has had a few running features, including top ten lists, the Ghoul’s Glossary, and ‘Arguing with Bush.’ With any luck this column will […]




