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“Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful” (George Orwell Poster)

“Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful” (George Orwell Poster)

Juan Cole

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Romney wants to Fight Whole Muslim World, not Concentrate on Bin Laden

Romney wants to Fight Whole Muslim World, not Concentrate on Bin Laden

Juan Cole

Mitt Romney said Monday that of course he would have taken out Bin Laden and that ‘even Jimmy Carter would have made that call.’ Since Jimmy Carter ordered a brave and risky but failed military mission into Iran, that was a cheap shot on the part of someone who has never had anything to do […]

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A man’s duty to understand his world (Hemingway Poster)

A man’s duty to understand his world (Hemingway Poster)

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (125)

Omar Khayyam (125)

Juan Cole

That lapis lazuli dome and golden tray  have turned time and again, and will revolve yet more. We, too, by the command of fate, arrived and left again. Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 125

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