Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]
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The Break-Up of America: Donald Trump and the Fourth Great Shattering
By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – When the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published his bestseller The Disuniting of America in 1991, […]
Puerto Ricans Must Come First, Not Wall Street Vultures
By Maria Beri | (Inequality.org) | – – Every dollar going to one of the hedge funds that have bought up much of the island’s […]
Game over for Coal: Solar Power costs to plummet by 60% in coming Years
TeleSur | – – “It’s not always the best strategy to try to protect your industry and have high prices in the long term” claims […]
Fading ISIL in Syria lashes out, kills 128 in reprisals as Gov’t takes back Town
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The so-called Islamic State group of Syria and Iraq, which locals call Daesh (in US, it […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham surprised at US Troops in Niger? He could have read Nick Turse
By Jon Queally, staff writer. | ( Commondreams.org) ” – – Graham Should Read More Nick Turse, TomDispatch, and Common Dreams. What U.S. Senators Don’t […]
Kuwait, Terrified of Gulf Depression, Frantically Mediating Saudi-Qatar Crisis
Nicolai Due-Gundersen | (The Conversation) | – – A blockade against Qatar by its Gulf neighbours is now in its fifth month. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, […]
Iraqi PM Rebukes Tillerson on Popular Mobilization Militia
TeleSur | – – “Popular Mobilisation fighters should be encouraged because they will be the hope of country and the region,” Abadi said. Iraqi Prime […]
The economic case for solarizing Puerto Rico’s power grid (Video)
Jon LaPook | (CBS This Morning Video Interview) | – –
Tillerson tells Iraqi Shiite Militias to “go home.” Sad.
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump-style ignorance and faux pas are spreading, with Tillerson making missteps on Iraq. Secretary of State […]