US politics

Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill, a conservative Republican, now argues that there is never an instance when an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother. In fact, 64,000 ectopic pregnancies occur each year in the US, which typically do require that the fetus be aborted or otherwise the mother would die. That is […]

Libya

Romney Binder full of Top Ten Mistakes and Falsehoods

Juan Cole

1. Romney attempted to convey the impression that he has worked to increase women’s employment as governor, reaching out to women’s groups and receiving “binders of women” from them. (Yes, that is what he said). But Romney made no effort to hire women managers at Bain Capital, and even today only 4 of out of […]

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The Republican Assault on Minority Voting Rights (Goulka)

Juan Cole

Jeremiah Goulka writes at Tomdispatch.com Of Republicans and Race Cards: Why I Used to Believe That Voter ID Laws Really Were Just Common Sense Democrats are frustrated: Why can’t Republican voters see that Republicans pass voter ID laws to suppress voting, not fraud? Democrats know who tends to lack ID. They know that the threat […]

US politics

Top Ten Things Mitt Romney’s Insults to Spain tell us About Him

Juan Cole

Mitt Romney has caused a tiff with Spain by saying that its economic crisis was caused by government over-spending and saying he doesn’t want the US to end up like Spain. The Spanish are bewildered, since Romney’s charge (like most of the things he said in last week’s debate) is simply untrue. So here are […]

Barack Obama

Fresh evidence of CIA civilian deaths in Pakistan revealed: Jones

Juan Cole

Two new investigations confirm ongoing CIA civilian deaths in Pakistan.

Bush

Libbys Lies Bushs Lies Irv Lewis Libby

Juan Cole

Libby’s Lies, Cheney’s Lies Irv Lewis Libby is a convicted liar and perjurer, guilty of obstruction of justice. Unfortunately, he was not convicted of revealing to the public the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a covert operative at the CIA, who was working against Iranian development of nuclear weapons. It is time for the […]

Republican Party

Schiavo Case And Islamization of the Republican Party

Juan Cole

The Schiavo Case and the Islamization of the Republican Party The cynical use by the US Republican Party of the Terri Schiavo case repeats, whether deliberately or accidentally, the tactics of Muslim fundamentalists and theocrats in places like Egypt and Pakistan. These tactics involve a disturbing tendency to make private, intimate decisions matters of public […]