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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Lessons from a historic Act of Disarmament in Kurdistan

Lessons from a historic Act of Disarmament in Kurdistan

07/20/2025 By Juan Cole

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

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Vice-Presidential Debate: A Successful Governor takes on a Firehose of Hate and Falsehoods

Vice-Presidential Debate: A Successful Governor takes on a Firehose of Hate and Falsehoods

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a Southern man of letters, I’ve learned a lot from Tennessee Williams’ plays and films. Watching […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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Why Tehran chose to attack Israel

Why Tehran chose to attack Israel

( The National ) – Iran is the first Middle Eastern state in the 21st century to strike Israel directly, having fired a massive salvo […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

( Code Pink ) – On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary […]

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Türkiye's Hezbollah Dilemma

Türkiye’s Hezbollah Dilemma

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the conflict in Lebanon intensifies, Türkiye finds itself walking a diplomatic tightrope. While it has openly condemned […]

Volkan Isbasaran

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Will the Forever Wars Ever End?  The War on Terror 23 Years Later

Will the Forever Wars Ever End? The War on Terror 23 Years Later

( Tomdispatch.com ) – September marked the 23rd anniversary of al-Qaeda’s 2001 attacks on the United States, which left nearly 3,000 people dead. For the […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Protesting Wake Forest University’s Cancellation of a Lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi

Protesting Wake Forest University’s Cancellation of a Lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dear President Wente and Provost Gillespie:   We write on behalf of the Middle […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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American Women vs. Maga Men: The 2024 Election is a Gender Battle where Abortion Rights are the Flashpoint

American Women vs. Maga Men: The 2024 Election is a Gender Battle where Abortion Rights are the Flashpoint

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – American women reject Trump. From his criminalizing of abortion to the ridiculing of unmarried women, from his predatory […]

Dan Dinello

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Fundraising Appeal:  Threatened Israeli (SLAPP?) Lawsuit attempts to bankrupt Informed Comment

Fundraising Appeal: Threatened Israeli (SLAPP?) Lawsuit attempts to bankrupt Informed Comment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Running a small independent publication on controversial issues is fraught with problems. One of them is that people threaten to […]

Juan Cole

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Protesting Cornell University’s Suspension and threatened Deportation of graduate Student Momodou Taal for Protest

Protesting Cornell University’s Suspension and threatened Deportation of graduate Student Momodou Taal for Protest

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dear Interim President Kotlikoff, Provost Bala, Dr. Lombardi and Ms. Liang: We write on […]

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