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Iran is fighting a Techno-Guerrilla War, as the US and Israel fight a Conventional One
Donald Trump

Iran is fighting a Techno-Guerrilla War, as the US and Israel fight a Conventional One

Juan Cole

The US and Israeli decapitation strikes, killing over 40 high-ranking Iranian officials, have not had the desired effect

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

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Caleb Jacoby, teenage son of Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, is missing

Caleb Jacoby, teenage son of Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, is missing

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About that Country you Destroyed:  A Letter to George W. Bush

About that Country you Destroyed: A Letter to George W. Bush

(By Ralph Nader) George W. Bush Presidential Center PO Box 560887 Dallas, Texas, 57356 Dear Mr. Bush: A few days ago I received a personalized […]

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Climate Change
Daily Show on Global Warming Confusion (Video of the Day)

Daily Show on Global Warming Confusion (Video of the Day)

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show reviews the silly things climate change denialists are saying about the cold snap, inasmuch as they confuse weather events […]

Juan Cole

science
Franken-GOP (Cartoon of the Day)

Franken-GOP (Cartoon of the Day)

(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World

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Christianity
Tripoli Residents Protest as 80,000 Rare Books in Lebanon Torched by Salafis

Tripoli Residents Protest as 80,000 Rare Books in Lebanon Torched by Salafis

(AFP) Angry Lebanese protest over attack on priest’s library (via AFP) Hundreds of Lebanese took to the streets of the northern city of Tripoli on […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Ten Things Bob Gates was Wrong about, Some Criminal

Top Ten Things Bob Gates was Wrong about, Some Criminal

(By Juan Cole) Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in his new memoir is said to have slammed Vice President Joe Biden for having been […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Note to GOP:  Yes, the Polar Vortex Could be Global Warming

Note to GOP: Yes, the Polar Vortex Could be Global Warming

(By Peter Spotts) How frigid ‘polar vortex’ could be result of global warming (via The Christian Science Monitor) A bitter Arctic blast spanning the central […]

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Africa
The Year in Drone Strikes:  As Many as 35 Civilians Dead, 5 Children

The Year in Drone Strikes: As Many as 35 Civilians Dead, 5 Children

(By Alice K Ross and Jack Serle) In 2013 the number of drone strikes to hit Pakistan fell to the lowest levels of Obama’s presidency: […]

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Iraq
Kurds increase their Autonomy amid chaos in Arab Iraq

Kurds increase their Autonomy amid chaos in Arab Iraq

(By Globalpost) As Iraq spirals, the Kurds take advantage (via GlobalPost) ERBIL, Iraq — As sectarian violence in Iraq reaches new heights and threatens to […]

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