Informed Comment - Part 1026

Israeli PM Netanyahu warns of Plot to Topple him, as Rivals charge Paranoia

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering […]

AFP

Green Transportation

Tesla’s Electric Car has Historic Quarter, seeks to conquer China & Europe

San Francisco (AFP) – Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported an “historic” quarterly profit driven by demand for its mass market Model 3, as […]

Glenn Chapman

War

All America’s Quagmires: Why We’re still at War in so Many Countries

( Tomdispatch.com) – As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in […]

William J. Astore

Qur'an

Juan Cole on “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” @ Zero Hour (Video)

The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow

Juan Cole

Patriarchy

The real Mob? Consider Kavanaugh, Trump and the other Spoiled Rich Gangbangers

By Robert Lipsyte | – – (Tomdispatch.com) – Brett Kavanaugh’s hellish Supreme Court fraternity pledge week offered many lessons, but the most powerful, if least […]

Tomdispatch

Featured

Will its Renewables Revolution Give China an Edge over the US?

The Asia-Pacific is poised for 355 GW in New Solar, 43 GW in Offshore Wind in the next Decade

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia in “Crisis” following Khashoggi’s Killing, says Minister

“Davos in the desert,” was boycotted by a long list of investors, international policymakers and heads of multi-national companies

Middle East Monitor

African-Americans

Georgia Election shows that Dixie Tradition of Black Voter Suppression Flourishing

By Frederick Knight | – Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed […]

The Conversation

Far Right