Napoleon's Egypt in Paperback- June 10, 2008 Some readers asked me to let them know when my recent book, Napoleon's Egypt, was out in paperback. Well it is out and can be ordered at Amazon.com as well as being in fine bookstores everywhere.Of course, the hardback is still available and makes a more respectable Father's Day gift. :-) A nice gallery of Orientalist art inspired by the French conquest of Egypt is at About.comhttp://www.juancole.com/2008/05/napoleons-egypt-in-paperback.html Moyers, O'Reilly and Fox Gotcha "Journalism"- June 10, 2008 Fox Producer Porter Barry ambushes Bill Moyers at National Conference for Media Reform 2008, insisting that the NCMR is a partisan organization (it is not) and harassing him with silly questions about coming on Bill O'Reilly's television show. Afterward, reporters at NCMR do to Barry Porter as he had done to Moyers. Moyers said he would come on O'Reilly's show if O'Reilly came on his first, and if O'Reilly's owner, Rupert Murdoch would explain his remark about Bush's Iraq War that "The...http://www.juancole.com/2008/06/moyers-oreilly-and-fox-gotcha.html 2 GIs Killed, 18 Wounded; Al-Maliki Tries to Reassure Tehran; Mudarrisi Denounces Security Accord- June 9, 2008 The guerrilla movement in Iraq struck with three strategic attacks and several lesser ones on Sunday. A suicide bomber targeted US troops at a patrol base in Rashad near the oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing one US soldier and wounding 19 others. Two Iraqis were also wounded in the blast. On Saturday, guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill another GI.AFP says, "At least four civilians were killed and 23 wounded in the deadliest attack at a police centre in the Al Yarmuk district of...http://www.juancole.com/2008/06/2-gis-killed-18-wounded-al-maliki-tries.html The Real Question is, Would a President McCain be good for Women- June 9, 2008 A spate of newspaper articles has appeared profiling women activists who are furious that their candidate was defeated and who feel Senator Clinton was disrespected because she is a woman. It is often alleged that they are so angry and disappointed that they will refrain from voting for Barack Obama this fall.I have been dismayed by the prominence of identity politics in the Democratic primaries. Working class men supported John Edwards, who sprang from their ranks (though I suspect he...http://www.juancole.com/2008/06/real-question-is-would-president-mccain.html Iran Alleges US Bribing Iraq MPs on SOFA- June 8, 2008 The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian radio broadcast that alleges the US is trying to bribe members of the Iraqi parliament to pass the proposed security agreement with the US, with the alleged bribes totaling $3 bn. No source is given for the allegation, and the price tag seems high. At 275 MPs, that would be nearly $11 million apiece. Nor is it clear out of which funds such an amount would come. File under: "Well, that is what they said."'Iran Radio Says US Pledged To 'Bribe'..http://www.juancole.com/2008/06/iran-alleges-us-bribing-iraq-mps-on.html |