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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?
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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?

Juan Cole

Today’s increase was different, since the price skyrocketed fully 30% in one day, something that hasn’t happened for decades

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

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The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

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Arab Spring
Pro-Feminists & Metrosexuals:  The New Arab Men of the Millennial Generation

Pro-Feminists & Metrosexuals: The New Arab Men of the Millennial Generation

(By Khaled Diab via Your Middle East ) A growing number of Arab men are not only championing the rights of women but also challenging […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
NYPD closes Unit that Spied on Muslims

NYPD closes Unit that Spied on Muslims

The New York Police Department has ended its “secret” spying on Muslims. The decision by the nation’s largest police force to shutter the surveillance program represents the first sign that William J. Bratton, the department’s new commissioner…

Juan Cole

Dissent
The FBI's Facial Recognition Database Combines Lo-Res Photos With Zero Civil Liberties Considerations

The FBI’s Facial Recognition Database Combines Lo-Res Photos With Zero Civil Liberties Considerations

Another FOIA lawsuit brought against the government by the EFF has resulted in the release of previously withheld documents. The papers cut loose this time detail the FBI’s facial recognition database and other parts of its “Next Generation Identification…

Juan Cole

FATA
5 Ways Nevada Rancher Militia Resembles Pakistan’s Taliban

5 Ways Nevada Rancher Militia Resembles Pakistan’s Taliban

(By Juan Cole) 1. Federal versus local control of land Pakistan The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan is ruled directly from the capital, […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Rep. Peter King has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to attack anyone who thinks Ed Snowden did something useful. He was one of the first to call for the reporters who revealed the NSA’s surveillance to be prosecuted and has no qualms about…

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in "Capn America 2":  "The Whole Society is Corrupt"

Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2”: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”

(By Scott Huver) BAM! POW! ZAP!: The ‘Winter Soldier’ Screenwriters Dish About Their Story Decisions and Cap’s Future (via Fandango Movie Blog) By: Scott Huver on […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
On Eve of Pope's visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

On Eve of Pope’s visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

(By Quinn Coffey) Just weeks before Pope Francis’ first official visit to the Holy Land, a number of Christian holy sites in Israel and Palestine […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
Top 6 Pulitzer Prize "Traitors" in American Journalism

Top 6 Pulitzer Prize “Traitors” in American Journalism

(By Juan Cole) The Pulitzer Prize committee’s opinion that Edward Snowden is a public servant rather than a traitor or criminal, as evidenced in its […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Who Rules America Today?  - Domhoff

Who Rules America Today? – Domhoff

Talk by G. William Domhoff: Who Rules America Today? h/t G. William Domhoff

Juan Cole

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