Stephen Colbert’s Touching Farewell to his Mother

Juan Cole 06/21/2013

As a one-time guest of the Colbert Report, let me express my condolences to Stephen Colbert on his mother’s death.

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page