Middle East Studies Association of North America Court rules on Harvard College v. HHS Lawsuit in Favor of Harvard The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) welcomes a court decision striking down the Trump administration’s freezing of over $2 billion in federal grants to Harvard University. MESA filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Harvard […]
Archives for September 2025
Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a dangerous quack and sociopathic liar. A vaccine opponent and an anti-science conspiracy proponent with no experience in public health, Kennedy is blatantly unfit to be director of Health and Human […]
“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10
The tenth quatrain in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues the theme of the irrelevance of political power to happiness, which lies instead in love. The Persian originals make clear the meaning here, which is a little cryptic in FitzGerald’s rendering. X. With me along some Strip of Herbage strown […]
Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance
By Eman Abusidu ( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Brazil on Friday (5), labeling the South American country’s current government as “radical left” and suggesting that Brazilian officials could be barred from attending the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York. The statement came during a White […]
Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine for a moment a nuclear weapon exploding over… well, you name it: Pakistan, India or, for that matter, Ukraine, Russia, or the United States. I guarantee you one thing: the news headlines would be (and I use the word advisedly) explosive for days (weeks, months?) on end, assuming of course […]
Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco continues to be a pioneer in renewable energy in Africa and the Arab world. The International Trade Administration notes of Morocco, “Total installed capacity from renewable energy sources stands at 4,550 MW, corresponding to 38.2 percent of total installed electrical capacity.” The country plans to generate 56% of its […]
New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials
by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica Co-published with Inside Climate News and The Texas Tribune ( ProPublica ) – Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in search of a rural lifestyle on a budget. The property where he lived with his wife didn’t have […]
Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points
By Tim Lenton, University of Exeter (The Conversation) – The collapse of a major system of ocean currents, the meltdown of major ice sheets or the dieback of the Amazon rainforest are all examples of negative climate tipping points. These are the big risks associated with a changing climate, where harmful change becomes self-propelling. Each […]
Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 members, passed a resolution with 86% support of those who voted, concluding that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. These scholars study genocide professionally, researching it, theorizing it, and […]
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