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When it comes to Middle East scholarship, Yale is headed the way of Columbia University (which was the home of the late Edward Said). Yale's history department voted to endorse a job offer to University of Michigan professor and professional Westbasher Juan Cole. Cole neither seeks evidence nor allows facts to sway his discourse. He poses as an expert on Iraq, but has never traveled there. He claims fluency in Arabic but, given a choice to put up or shut up ... well, let's just say he prefers English. His academic writings--all dated--have failed to make an impact on the field. His efforts to blame ...