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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

01/03/2026 By The Conversation

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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Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others

Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others

1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other […]

Juan Cole

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Hitchhiking Camels, Libya (Photo)

Hitchhiking Camels, Libya (Photo)

Photograph on road from Tripoli to Misrata, Libya, May, 2012, by Juan Cole

Juan Cole

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In Memoriam Marvin Hamlisch:  "Nobody Does it Better" (Carly Simon Performance)

In Memoriam Marvin Hamlisch: “Nobody Does it Better” (Carly Simon Performance)

In Memoriam Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012): Below, his “Nobody Does it Better,” theme of the 1977 Bond film, “The Spy Who Loved Me” and among the […]

Juan Cole

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Syria:  The Battle for Aleppo Begins as Rebels Retreat

Syria: The Battle for Aleppo Begins as Rebels Retreat

The Baath government’s attack on East Aleppo, a rebel stronghold in the past couple of weeks, began Tuesday night, with an assault by advanced Russian-made […]

Juan Cole

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The Real Hunger Games: Climate Change & Drought (Klare)

The Real Hunger Games: Climate Change & Drought (Klare)

Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch: The Hunger Wars in Our Future Heat, Drought, Rising Food Costs, and Global Unrest The Great Drought of 2012 has […]

Juan Cole

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Mount Sharp, Mars (Photo of the Day from Curiosity)

Mount Sharp, Mars (Photo of the Day from Curiosity)

NASA has released the first high-res picture of Mars received from Curiosity, showing Mount Sharp

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Signs you Might be a Nazi Loser

Top Ten Signs you Might be a Nazi Loser

1. If you regularly pose proudly in front of a swastika flag, you might be a Nazi loser. 2. If you refer to “non-whites” as […]

Juan Cole

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Chinese telecoms giants are taking over the world. Should we be scared? (McClenaghan)

Chinese telecoms giants are taking over the world. Should we be scared? (McClenaghan)

Maeve McClenaghan writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism😐 Huawei is not yet a household name in the UK – for one thing, there is […]

Juan Cole

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On Human unity and the "Curiosity" NASA Control Room

On Human unity and the “Curiosity” NASA Control Room

In this video of the NASA control room during the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, I don’t see only one race or gender. […]

Juan Cole

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