Informed Comment

A rock-solid up to date blog on Iraq and other doings in the Middle East. Cole is a professor of history.

Fallujah 101: A history lesson about the town we are currently destroying. -- In These Times

Rashid Khalidi is a a prof at Columbia U in NYC. He's a frequent guest on PBS Newshour -- this piece connects the dots on my in-class comments on the British in Iraq. If you have time, scroll down and see the comments -- remember the WWW is open to lots of clickers. You'll see how a single set of events can be appropriated for different points of view. [BTW I got here from the Utne Reader which compiles articles and links on a weekly basis]. * The perspective of this piece will not appeal to all readers *

heraldtribune.com: Southwest Florida's Information Leader

This article addresses another aspect of the geography of the last election -- I am not sure how durable a link it is. Certainly there's a geography to this idea. How would you change the system to "balance" this effect? [p.s. I don't read this paper routlinely, I found the link on another blog -- http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
It might not be to your political taste, that's OK.
I read it less than I used to during the election season.

Groups, U.S. Battle Over 'Global Terrorist' Label (washingtonpost.com)

I am not sure how long this link will be durable but this considers one of the issues we talked about in class regarding charities which donate to Islamic organizations.