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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

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The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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It wasn’t Arafat who was Assassinated but the Palestinian People

It wasn’t Arafat who was Assassinated but the Palestinian People

Aljazeera America has the exclusive on the Swiss scientists’ findings that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with polonium, after the fashion of Russian dissident […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Ms. Marvel and the Rise of the Muslim Superhero in America

Ms. Marvel and the Rise of the Muslim Superhero in America

Umberto Eco argued that Superman, from the character’s inception in the 1940s through about 1970, was a politically conservative figure. The stories were about protecting […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Dear Press: Stop Enthusing About Habitable Planets until People like Va.'s Cuccinelli Stop Destroying this One

Dear Press: Stop Enthusing About Habitable Planets until People like Va.’s Cuccinelli Stop Destroying this One

The issue of habitable planets, earth’s own disastrous climate change, and Virginia politics don’t intersect every day. But today they do, and that does not […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis plan new Colonies, Oil Drilling, on Palestinian Land during “Peace Talks”

Israelis plan new Colonies, Oil Drilling, on Palestinian Land during “Peace Talks”

The current round of so-called peace talks between Israel and Palestine is marked by so much bad faith on the part of the Israelis that […]

Juan Cole

Terrorism
White Terrorist is “Gunman,” “Alleged Shooter,” no Mention of Wingnut ‘New World Order’ Beef

White Terrorist is “Gunman,” “Alleged Shooter,” no Mention of Wingnut ‘New World Order’ Beef

This Chicago Tribune story amalgamated from its sources and wire services on the LAX shooter is interesting for its language. Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, is […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Kerry in Cairo

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Kerry in Cairo

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cairo on Sunday in his first trip to Egypt since last spring, when Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad […]

Juan Cole

Drones
CIA Drone Kills Pakistan Taliban Leader on Eve of Peace talks with Islamabad

CIA Drone Kills Pakistan Taliban Leader on Eve of Peace talks with Islamabad

The CIA drone strike in North Waziristan yesterday killed 25 persons and targeted a high-level meeting of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP). […]

Juan Cole

Drones
"Disposition Matrix": America's Drone Wars and Civilian Casualties (Moyers)

“Disposition Matrix”: America’s Drone Wars and Civilian Casualties (Moyers)

Bill Moyers reports on America’s drone wars The blurb: “America’s Drone Wars November 1, 2013 This week, members of Congress heard testimony for the first […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Al Gore on the Oil, Gas and Coal Bubble: Investors Beware! (Queally)

Al Gore on the Oil, Gas and Coal Bubble: Investors Beware! (Queally)

John Queally writes at Commondreams.org Former U.S. Vice President turned climate campaigner Al Gore and his longtime business partner David Blood, a former Goldman Sachs […]

Juan Cole

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