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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

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Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

02/04/2026 By The Conversation

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What We Lost in Iraq and Washington (Van Buren)

What We Lost in Iraq and Washington (Van Buren)

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: Left Behind What We Lost in Iraq and Washington, 2009-2012 By Peter Van Buren People ask the question in […]

Juan Cole

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All Hell is still Breaking Loose in the Arab World, Television is just not Reporting it

All Hell is still Breaking Loose in the Arab World, Television is just not Reporting it

5. Several center-left parties in Tunisia have formed a centrist party for the next election. The Progressive Democratic Party only got 16 seats in parliament, […]

Juan Cole

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Liberty without Thought:  Kahlil Gibran

Liberty without Thought: Kahlil Gibran

From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
British PM Anthony Eden and the Persian Poet Hafiz

British PM Anthony Eden and the Persian Poet Hafiz

“I suppose that anyone with sort of broad European culture has a fairly good idea of Persian history– he must have– it’s part of our […]

Juan Cole

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America’s new data center:  The Biggest Big Brother of All (TBIJ)

America’s new data center: The Biggest Big Brother of All (TBIJ)

From the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan […]

Juan Cole

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Contemporary Coptic Icon of the Resurrection from Egypt (Wall Painting)

Contemporary Coptic Icon of the Resurrection from Egypt (Wall Painting)

A contemporary Egyptian, Coptic Christian icon of the Resurrection by Adel Nassief: “1994 – The Resurrection – Holy Family Church – Bahir, Egypt” courtesy Adelnassief.net, […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (89)

Omar Khayyam (89)

For a whole lifetime, I’ve made praising wine a constant exercise. I always have its  instruments around me. Prude, if reason  is your teacher here, […]

Juan Cole

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Muslim Keyholder of Church of Holy Sepulchre Opens it for Easter Pilgrims

Muslim Keyholder of Church of Holy Sepulchre Opens it for Easter Pilgrims

On Good Friday in Jerusalem, religious cooperation among Christians, Muslims and Jews is on display. The key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam sung in Persian by the Kamkaran Group

Omar Khayyam sung in Persian by the Kamkaran Group

The Kamkaran group performs Khayyam’s poetry in classical style in Tehran:

Juan Cole

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