Juan Cole on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/juan_cole Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-21T05:10:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/revenge_of_the_bear_russia_strikes_back_in_syria_20130521/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/revenge_of_the_bear_russia_strikes_back_in_syria_20130521/ barack obama, bashar al assad, benjamin netanyahu, economy, government, iran, iraq, israel, john kerry, military, pentagon, religion, russia, syria, vladimir putin, war, Juan Cole's Columns

Not since the end of the Cold War in 1991 has Russia asserted itself so forcefully beyond its borders.

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]]> 2013-05-21T05:10:00+00:00 The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_lotto_symbolizes_the_false_promises_of_barracuda_capitalism_20130519/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_lotto_symbolizes_the_false_promises_of_barracuda_capitalism_20130519/ economy, government, happiness, lottery, lotto, plutocracy, scam,

One of the social control mechanisms deployed in a plutocracy to keep people quiet while their pockets are being picked is the lottery. It is a scam.

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]]> 2013-05-19T19:31:00+00:00 The Designation of an Enemy Combatant and Racism http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_designation_of_enemy_combatants_and_racism_20130421/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_designation_of_enemy_combatants_and_racism_20130421/ boston bombings, boston marathon bombings, dzhokhar tsarnaev, enemy combatant, john mccain, lindsey graham, racism,

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain have demanded that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be charged as an “enemy combatant” rather than as an American civilian. I have to ask whether their use of the term is racist.

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]]> 2013-04-21T15:00:00+00:00 CNN Fail: Imaginary ‘Dark Males,’ ‘Accents’ and ‘Arrests’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cnn_fail_imaginary_dark_males_accents_and_arrests_20130418/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cnn_fail_imaginary_dark_males_accents_and_arrests_20130418/ boston marathon bombings, boston marathon bombings coverage, cnn, cnn fail, islamaphobia, media,

Between about 1 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, the CNN news team was at the worst I’ve ever seen it.

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]]> 2013-04-18T17:37:00+00:00 Top Ten Ways Islamic Law Forbids Terrorism http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/top_ten_ways_islamic_law_forbids_terrorism_20130417/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/top_ten_ways_islamic_law_forbids_terrorism_20130417/ boston marathon bombings, erik rush, islam, islamic law, quran, religion, terrorism,

Erik Rush and others who hastened to scapegoat Muslims for the Boston Marathon bombings are ignorant of the religion. I can’t understand why people who have never so much as read a book about a subject appoint themselves experts on it.

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]]> 2013-04-17T18:41:00+00:00 What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_would_a_rand_paul_libertarian_foreign_policy_look_like_20130318/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_would_a_rand_paul_libertarian_foreign_policy_look_like_20130318/ egypt, election 2016, foreign policy, iran, isolationism, libertarian, libya, middle east, military, neoconservatism, rand paul, syria, Juan Cole's Columns

Paul’s strand of libertarianism, insofar as it deeply distrusts big government, typically opposes policies that increase the size and power of government, chief among them ones pertaining to war.

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]]> 2013-03-18T16:21:00+00:00 Karzai Accuses Taliban of Serving U.S. Interests, Slams (Nonexistent) U.S.-Taliban Talks http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/karzai_accuses_taliban_of_serving_us_interests_slams_non-existent_us-taliba/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/karzai_accuses_taliban_of_serving_us_interests_slams_non-existent_us-taliba/ afghanistan, afghanistan war, chuck hagel, hamid karzai, karzai, politics, taliban, united states, Karzai

Once again, the erratic president of Afghanistan had U.S. officials shaking their heads in disbelief after he gave a speech in which he blamed the interactions of the U.S. and the Taliban for his country’s security problems.

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]]> 2013-03-11T14:25:00+00:00 Cairo Burning: The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cairo_burning_the_great_soccer_riots_of_2013_and_the_revolution_20130310/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cairo_burning_the_great_soccer_riots_of_2013_and_the_revolution_20130310/ cairo, egypt, muhammad morsi, port said, protests, revolution, soccer, soccer riots, tahrir square,

A new round of violence was sparked by an appeals court ruling on soccer violence from a year ago, but was wrought up with post-revolutionary passions and divisions in Egypt

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