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Syrian Baath Escalates, Uses Jets to Bomb Aleppo
When I was interviewed by the BBC last week about rebel advances in Damascus, I cautioned that putting some armed bands in some neighborhoods would […]
Romney, and Aryan Racial Theory as a basis for Foreign Policy
I heard Mitt Romney’s tepid and unremarkable foreign policy speech, which had a lot of posturing but no substance, on Tuesday. I was taken aback […]
Dear Fox Cable News: Muhammad Morsi is not the new Prime Minister of Egypt (I know you don’t really care, just sayin’)
Egypt’s president, Muhammad Morsi, appointed a new prime minister today, Hisham Qandil. Given that Fox Cable News spends its time falsifying video of president Obama […]
Zorah in a Yellow Robe (Matisse Painting)
. Henri Matisse, Zorah: La Robe Jaune. Oil on Canvass. Morocco, 1912. Collection Cowles it has been argued that Matisse stepped back, on his first […]
Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)
Some book keeping for new readers. Subscribe to postings by email here You can follow the blog via Twitter @jricole. The Facebook Informed Comment fan […]
The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)
Doug Saunders writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Three Myths About Muslims That Have Poisoned American Politics The attacks on two of […]
Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”
I’m going to murder my grief with a bottle of […]
Tunis: View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)
Photograph by Juan Cole, May, 2012
Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?
Michele Bachmann is flailing around accusing all the US government officials of Muslim heritage of being connected to the Muslim Brotherhood (which in turn she […]
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