Informed Comment
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Informed Comment is the blog of Juan R. I. Cole, a Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History in the History Department at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has become prominent as a media commentator critical of U.S. and Israeli policy in the Middle East. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Blog
Audience:
Small audience (10-100K) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Left
Research
Location:
Dept. of History, 1029 Tisch Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1003, US
Editorial
Edited By:
Ezra Fox
Last Edit:
Jul 24, 2006 - 5:22 PM PDT
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My Visit to the Iraqi National Archives (Photo Gallery)
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President Obama and Counter-Terrorism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Here are the good, the bad and the ugly things in President Obama’s important speech on counter-terrorism Thursday, and in the off-stage steps he has announced that ...via Informed Comment -
Obama: US will Continue its Targeted Killing with Drones (Woods)
Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Barack Obama has made it clear that the US will continue with its controversial targeted killing programme. In a ...via Informed Comment -
Big Oil’s Hit Men have a Contract to Whack the Earth (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one for the conscious destruction of aspects ...via Informed Comment -
“If you Eat a 2000 Hamburgers in the Name of Vegetarianism, You aren’t an Extremist Vegetarian”; Nabil responds to Woolwich Murder
Nabil goes in: A British Muslim responds to the Woolwich murder in which Lee Rigby, 25, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was butchered by clearly unbalanced ...via Informed Comment -
When Politicians promise ‘Lower Taxes’ they are promising Collapsed Bridges
The next time you hear politicians campaigning on “lower taxes,” you should realize two things. First, they don’t intend to lower your taxes, which are probably mostly ...via Informed Comment -
Sen. Inhofe: “When a Disaster Occurs in America… Everyone … wants to pour Money on’em”
From last fall: Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma argues against relief aid for Hurricane Sandy, in part because working on it in the Senate would delay the beginning of his ...via Informed Comment -
Rafsanjani’s Exclusion from Iran’s Presidential Race a Sign of Creeping Totalitarianism
Iran’s Guardian Council startled that country when it announced that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , the former president (1989-1997) who was among the founders of the Islamic ...via Informed Comment -
PBS and the Koch Brother Scandal (plus “Koch Brothers Exposed”)
PBS declined to show “Citizen Koch, a documentary about the Wisconsin public union issue, treating the influence of the dirty energy magnates who are destroying the world ...via Informed Comment -
Israel, Syria, Trade Fire, Threats in Golan Heights
The Increasingly desperate Baath regime in Syria appears to be seeking skirmishes with Israel as a way of shoring up its nationalist credentials. If the regime were under fire ...via Informed Comment
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