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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

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Dozens Of Mosques Attacked Over 100

Dozens Of Mosques Attacked Over 100

Dozens of Mosques Attacked, Over 100 Dead, Thousands Protest CNN reports that 7 US GIs were killed in Iraq on Wednesday. There will be a […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Threatens To Turn To Militia

Sistani Threatens To Turn To Militia

Sistani threatens to turn to Militia Sadr Calls for Calm The shoe seems to be on the other foot now, with Muqtada al-Sadr attempting to […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Blames Bush Sunni Shiite Clashes

Iran Blames Bush Sunni Shiite Clashes

Iran Blames BushSunni Shiite Clashes Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor has an excellent piece interpreting the significance of the turmoil over the bombing […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Protests Roil Iraq Tuesday Was

Shiite Protests Roil Iraq Tuesday Was

Shiite protests Roil Iraq Tuesday was an apocalyptic day in Iraq. I am not normally exactly sanguine about the situation there. But the atmospherics are […]

Juan Cole

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Bringing United Nations Back In There

Bringing United Nations Back In There

Bringing the United Nations Back In There will be anti-War protests in the coming month, as the 3-year anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Thinking About Suing If Among My Loyal

Thinking About Suing If Among My Loyal

Thinking about Suing If among my loyal readers there are any attorneys with expertise in libel law, in the US or UK, who might be […]

Juan Cole

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Ambassador Versus Ayatollah Khalilzad

Ambassador Versus Ayatollah Khalilzad

The Ambassador Versus the Ayatollah: Khalilzad to Iraq: No Shiite Control of Interior, Defense Sistani Contradicts Him On Monday, the stage was set for an […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrilla War Still Going Strong

Guerrilla War Still Going Strong

Guerrilla War Still Going Strong: Guerrillas kill 26, Wound 74 in Seven bombings, Other Attacks Al-Zaman [Ar.]: The Iraqi governent says that during the seven […]

Juan Cole

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17 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Fadhilah

17 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Fadhilah

17 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Fadhilah Defends Constitution Robert worth of the NYT reports that some 17 persons were killed in guerrilla violence in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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