Omar and Tlaib both faced horrible Islamophobic hate campaigns during their races, but Minnesotans and Detroiters look down on Nazis.
Your Health, Social Security, and Safety Depend on Voting Democratic Today
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today’s midterm elections are among the more fateful in recent American history, quite simply because there is a madman in the White House whom the Republican Senate and House have absolutely refused to rein in. When Barack Obama wanted to close the US gulag at Guantanamo Bay, where inmates are […]
As World warns of WW I-Style Nationalisms, Top 5 Nations Trump Demonizes
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned, as Europe prepares to commemorate the end of World War I a century ago on November 11, that the world is entering a new age of destructive nationalism. Virulent nationalism roiled Europe and killed over 80 million people in the two world wars. That is […]
Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities
Extremists are trying to polarize us and set us against one another. The only effective response is to refuse to be divided
Top 5 Reasons Trump’s Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With his seemingly infinite capacity for tone deafness, Trump tweeted on Friday an HBO-style movie poster of himself with the phrase “Sanctions are coming,” referring to the Game of Thrones tagline that “winter is coming,” and thereby menacing Iran. HBO issued a formal complaint against use of its material for […]
Trump Paradox: He promotes CO2 even as Climate Emergency impels Emigration from Guatemala
Locals say the climate has become unusually unpredictable over their lifetimes
The Qur’an insists that Synagogues and Churches be Preserved and Respected
“They should not have entered them save in fearful reverence.”
‘This has Got to End’: Trump Admin. Gives Saudis 30 Days to Start Yemen Talks
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have abruptly called for an end to the Saudi-backed quagmire in Yemen, after years of backing the war over alleged Iranian involvement. Speaking at the Congressionally mandated US Institute for Peace on Tuesday, Mattis said according to the BBC […]
Top 5 Mistakes GOP’s Wohl Made in allegedly framing Mueller for Sex Charges
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) | – 1. Republican activist Jacob Wohl allegedly set up a phony company called “Surefire Intelligence,” charged with paying supposed women victims of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to allege sexual abuse. Wohl used his own email address to set up the site, and give his mother’s telephone number as the contact. […]
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