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Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Male Face Masks have been the Height of Masculinity for Centuries: Why see Coronavirus Masks as Wimpy?

Male Face Masks have been the Height of Masculinity for Centuries: Why see Coronavirus Masks as Wimpy?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A recent study of the way Americans are adapting to the coronavirus found that “Men more than women agree that wearing a face covering is shameful, not cool, a sign of weakness, and a stigma”. The study indicated that American men resist wearing face masks more than do women, partly […]

Donald Trump
I guess "Islam" doesn't Hate us After All: Trump pins hopes for Vaccine on Muslim-American Slaoui

I guess “Islam” doesn’t Hate us After All: Trump pins hopes for Vaccine on Muslim-American Slaoui

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump became president in part by playing on fears, resentments and outright hatred among some segments of the American public, especially of a racial and religious sort. He bashed Mexican-Americans as drug dealers and rapists, and recently blamed Chinese-Americans for the coronavirus. But no group came in for so fierce […]

Donald Trump
Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov't Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with "Darkest Winter in Modern History"

Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov’t Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with “Darkest Winter in Modern History”

Juan Cole

The testimony of Dr. Rick Bright on Thursday was a remarkably low-key affair given the bombshell revelations Ruiz divulged of the paralysis, inaction and frankly stupidity of the Trump administration regarding the looming coronavirus catastrophe back in January and February. We all saw Trump himself say stupid things like that the virus was a hoax […]

Culture
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Juan Cole

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day All hearts that shine with passion’s radiance, no matter if they pray in mosque or church– all those whose names are written in love’s book have been set free of hell and paradise. trans. Juan Cole, (Whinfield 60) هر دل که در او نور محبت بسرشت گر […]

Donald Trump
Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel's new Annexationist Government

Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel’s new Annexationist Government

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dropped in on Israel on Wednesday to bestow his blessing on the new annexationist coalition government being formed by indicted prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his new partner, Gen. Benny Gantz of the Blue and White bloc. Pompeo flew 24 hours to spend 6 […]

Featured
Palestinian Children's Health in Gaza under Israeli Blockade During Pandemic (Juan Cole Video Interview)

Palestinian Children’s Health in Gaza under Israeli Blockade During Pandemic (Juan Cole Video Interview)

Juan Cole

KinderUSA is a Muslim-American charity specializing in helping disadvantaged children in Palestine and elsewhere. Although some people would have you think of Palestinians in Gaza as all terrorists who deserve the blockade, the majority of them are children, and for an occupying power to place a blockade on children under Occupation is a war crime […]

Constitution
Pence, who urged Impeachment of Bill Clinton for Lying, Would join Trump in Welcoming Confessed Liar Michael Flynn back to White House

Pence, who urged Impeachment of Bill Clinton for Lying, Would join Trump in Welcoming Confessed Liar Michael Flynn back to White House

Juan Cole

Vice President Mike Pence says he would be happy to have disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn back in the White House. The statement came after Bill Barr’s Department of Justice said it did not want to prosecute Flynn for lying to the FBI. Note, Barr does not deny that Flynn committed this crime. […]

Afghanistan
If only we Had that $6.4 Trillion we wasted on Iraq and Afghanistan to Lift the Economy and Fight Coronavirus

If only we Had that $6.4 Trillion we wasted on Iraq and Afghanistan to Lift the Economy and Fight Coronavirus

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wouldn’t it be nice if the richest country in the world had some resources stored up to deal with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the worst health crisis since the 1918 Influenza Pandemic that killed 600,000 Americans? I mean, we had a $21 trillion a year […]

Donald Trump
Your Crazy Uncle Sam strikes again, Vetoing Global Peace to own the ChiComs

Your Crazy Uncle Sam strikes again, Vetoing Global Peace to own the ChiComs

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Under Trump, America has officially become the world’s crazy uncle Sam. On Friday, the US used its veto power to block a United Nations resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution had been called for by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The move left all the […]

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