Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The world’s most poorly kept secret is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is escalating his state-sponsored […]
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Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor
Islamabad (AFP) – Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan, its information minister said […]
A Wall Across the Sahara Desert? Trump’s Advice to Spain
Trump is believed to have made the comment on building a wall when Borrell accompanied King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the White House in […]
Trump: The Final Victory of the Big Lie?
(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s easy — and not wrong — to think that truth is in dire danger in the era of Donald Trump. His own […]
Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual State Department report on terrorism says that terrorist attacks were down by 23% world wide in 2017. The […]
Dear Kavanaugh Defenders: Time Doesn’t Erase Youthful Crimes, Especially for People of Color
By Eileen M. Ahlin | (The Conversation) | – The accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, made by California professor Christine […]
Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?
I wrote in my column on Sunday, “Manafort’s Plea Deal is a Constitutional Crisis, we Just don’t Know it Yet:” Manafort has to give to […]
Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report
The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. […]
Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen
Sanaa (AFP) – More than five million children are threatened by famine in war-torn Yemen as prices soar, a charity said Wednesday, warning an entire […]
Trump’s China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar
(Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese-made solar panels turns out not to have had as severe an impact on the industry […]
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