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Juan Cole Watch: What does Juan Cole’s secret Love Affair with the CIA say about Academia?
January 27, 2013
Middle East Studies professor Juan Cole fancies himself something of a superstar among academic armchair-leftists, thanks in no small part to his mindless and puerile blog Informed Comment, which is apparently quite popular among other academic armchair-leftists. What are the “left-wing” credentials of somebody like Juan Cole, though? It remains something of a question. After […]
Getting to know Selecting Stones: A Basic FAQ
January 10, 2013
Q: Will capitalism survive the next storm or is this truly the end of the world? A: It depends on the proletariat. The interests of capital and wage labor are diametrically opposed to one another. But technically speaking, the end of capitalism does not necessarily have to mean that the world is coming to an […]
Juan Cole Watch: Why is Prof. Cole so concerned about Jesus’ wife?
September 26, 2012
Last week, when the story came out about an interesting papyrus containing an ancient Coptic text mentioning Jesus’ wife, Prof. Juan Cole of the University of Michigan, naturally, felt the need to chime in on the topic via his lackluster blog, Informed Comment. The post, entitled “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife and Sacred History from […]
Juan Cole Watch: Does Prof. Cole secretly insist that the Middle East is still in the Middle Ages?
January 2, 2012
If Juan Cole doesn’t think that the Middle East is stuck in the Middle Ages, then why does he always refer to the lands of “Islamdom”? The term comes up with striking frequency on Prof. Cole’s blog Informed Comment™. In writings on European history, it is always 100% clear that “Christendom” means feudal Europe. It […]
Juan Cole Watch: Informed Comment panders for donations to fund Professor Cole’s travels
December 6, 2011
Juan Cole is now shamelessly soliciting his readers for money, $25,000 to be precise. You, the Internet user, now have the privilege of writing out checks payable directly to “Juan Cole” (but addressed to Department of History, 1029 Tisch Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003), just for the joy of receiving a little […]
A Note on Juan Cole’s Advertising Revenue
September 19, 2011
Check out this interesting advertisement on Juan Cole’s blog, Informed Comment. (See screenshot below, click for full-size view.) It’s good to know that, as a valiant academic fighter for the Palestinian people and their cause, Juan Cole is a man of principle.
Hurricane Irene swallows up Juan Cole
August 26, 2011
by Lawrence McMahon Well, not literally, but it certainly swallowed up whatever ability to think straight that he may have once had. And that’s before it even reached North Carolina. Good thing Ann Arbor isn’t on the coast! Today, on his blog Informed Comment, University of Michigan Middle East Studies professor Dr. Juan Cole chimed in […]
An Open Letter to Prof. Juan Cole
July 19, 2011
Dear Professor Juan Cole, You know so much about capitalism and unproductive labor, colonialism and social theory, ‘nativism’ and commerce, corporate privileges and onion ports. I can only assume that you come from a town such as Albuquerque, New Mexico, since you exhibit all the signs of the clever mind who sees through the world […]
Sharia in Oklahoma, or Who is the Bigger Idiot: State congresswoman Sally Kern, or Middle East Studies professor Juan Cole?
June 16, 2011
by Lawrence McMahon Juan Cole just said something rather strange on his blog, Informed Comment. The piece covers the arrest yesterday of five Pakistani C.I.A. informants by Pakistani authorities. Big news, no doubt. Cole notes that U.S.-Pakistan relations have recently been “breaking down” in “alarming ways.” He cites the case of Raymond Davis, an American […]
Selecting Stones implements new Threat Advisory System for Juan Cole Watch
February 10, 2013
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As of Sunday, February 10, 2013, the ongoing Juan Cole Watch on Selecting Stones will implement a new Threat Advisory System. We will be constantly monitoring the activities of Prof. Cole in order to warn the public of new threats. In particular, the Threat Advisory System will alert unsuspecting readers to the current danger posed […]