Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An article just published in The Lancet by Prof Michel Guillot et al. found that the campaign against Gaza civilians of the extremist government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lowered the life expectancy in the Strip during the first year of the war by nearly half. In 2023 the […]
Shamash! “The Monster and the Grandma”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can’t draw the Line at Genocide, they can’t Draw the Line at Democracy
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ta-Nehisi Coates and Angela Davis spoke at the University of Michigan’s Rackham Auditorium on February 19, 2025, interviewed by my colleague Angela Dillard, the vice provost for undergraduate education. The event was arranged by the Letters, Sciences and Arts Student Government. It was a wide-ranging conversation, and I only want […]
Shamash! “Carbon Smoke”
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Moonbases and Solar Arrays: Will China win the Space Race as Musk’s DOGE cripples NASA?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The irrational, ignorant and often plain stupid cuts that rogue DOGE operatives of Elon Musk are making to the US government will endanger the health and well-being of American society for decades. Musk himself is a giant contractor for the government and many of his moves may be intended to […]
Sinai! Why Egypt’s al-Sisi says he will snub White House Invitation if Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza is on Agenda
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egypt has shown more spunk in standing up to Trump than has the mostly supine US Congress. Offered the most insane rogues’ gallery of cabinet appointees in American history (and there have been some doozies), the Senate has rolled over time and again. Not so former Field Marshall Abdelfattah al-Sisi. […]
As Trump Shutters US Offshore Wind, Asia’s Renewables Promise Cheaper Manufacturing, Trade Surpluses
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has halted the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from granting new offshore wind licenses. This move will gut the growing US offshore wind industry, though it does not necessarily affect already-granted licenses. Gavin Maguire at Reuters explains the outcome of this policy will be high energy costs for Americans, […]
Why not Welcome Israelis to US and Europe instead of Exiling Unwilling Palestinians to Saudi Arabia?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Egyptian Foreign Ministry forcefully denounced on Saturday the remarks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state on part of Saudi territory. Cairo warned that such statements threatened Saudi security. Saudi Arabia says it will not recognize Israel until a concrete process is […]
China dominates Middle East Solar Sector as Trump hobbles Renewables in US
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese firms dominate the manufacture of photovoltaic solar panels, accounting for 80% of the global market (along with most elements of the supply chain). Volumes in China’s solar sector, including panels, batteries and EVs, expanded by a third in 2024, even though panel prices had plummeted. The Chinese will, however, […]
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