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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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America In Balance Sex Lies And Prison

America in the Balance: Sex, Lies and Prison Abuse Guest Editorial Shahin Cole Most Muslims admire American democracy but disapprove of what they perceive as […]

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Is It Torture What Does Is Mean

Is It Torture What Does Is Mean

Is it Torture? What does “is” mean? Demonstrators at Abu Ghuraib Demand Apology As Mark Rothschild pointed out, “ When asked by a reporter whether […]

Juan Cole

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Mahdi Army Kills 3 Us Troops In

Mahdi Army Kills 3 Us Troops In

Mahdi Army Kills 3 US Troops in Diwaniyah Clashes in Karbala, Najaf Will Abu Ghuraib affect the Muqtada al-Sadr Issue? Mopping up operations continue by […]

Juan Cole

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Taguba Report Online Bush Tries Damage

Taguba Report Online Bush Tries Damage

Taguba Report Online; Bush tries Damage Control on Arab Satellite TV The Taguba report on Abu Ghuraib prison abuse is now online at MSNBC, or […]

Juan Cole

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Standoff With Muqtada Continues Army Of

Standoff With Muqtada Continues Army Of

Standoff with Muqtada continues The Army of the Mahdi fought a gun battle with US troops at Karbala on Tuesday. ‘ Fighting erupted shortly after […]

Juan Cole

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Television Images Winning Media War Al

Television Images Winning Media War Al

Television images Winning the Media War al-Hayat alleges that a Parisian television channel aired new footage Tuesday night from Iraq of American troops who fire […]

Juan Cole

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Army Of Mahdi Attacks Us Base Near

Army Of Mahdi Attacks Us Base Near

Army of the Mahdi attacks US Base near Najaf The Shiite Army of the Mahdi launched twenty mortar shells against the US base near Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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Turki Bremer Didnt Care About Torture

Turki Bremer Didnt Care About Torture

Turki: Bremer “Didn’t Care” about Torture Evidence: Sa’idi: American Democracy is Dead save for the Facade Abdul Basit Turki, Iraq’s first Minister of Human Rights, […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Abu Ghuraib No Comparison

Fallujah And Abu Ghuraib No Comparison

Fallujah and Abu Ghuraib: No Comparison There simply is no logical or ethical comparison between the killings and desecrations of the four private commandos at […]

Juan Cole

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