Juan Cole
Juan Cole
John Ricardo I. "Juan" Coleis an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has written a weblog, Informed Commentwhich is also syndicated on Truthdig.com...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
democracy doe politician
If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them.
cannot sort understand
I just cannot understand this sort of argument.
thinking important debate
I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.
government people political
I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.