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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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Corruption
FCC begins restoring Corporate Privilege to the Internet

FCC begins restoring Corporate Privilege to the Internet

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This web site amounted to anything because of net neutrality, which I prefer to call internet […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians outraged but unsurprised by Trump on Jerusalem: ‘World already ignores our existence’

Palestinians outraged but unsurprised by Trump on Jerusalem: ‘World already ignores our existence’

By Joey Ayoub | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – US President Donald Trump's declaration that the country would move its embassy in Israel to the […]

Juan Cole

Buddhism
Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

TeleSur | – – An estimate from Doctors Without Borders shows that at least 6,700 refugees have been killed during the first month of militarized […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Global Spec Ops in Trump’s Pentagon: Elite Commandos in record 149 Countries

Global Spec Ops in Trump’s Pentagon: Elite Commandos in record 149 Countries

By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world, militarily, and what we’re doing,” said […]

Juan Cole

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Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker

Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Organization of the Islamic Conference, a regular meeting of the foreign ministers of 57 Muslim-majority […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade

Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade

Middle East Monitor | – – Yemen, ravaged by war, hunger and disease, is seeing a spike in diphtheria cases that will inevitably erupt into […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom

By Pierce Gootee | (TeleSur) | – – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, in recent months, tightened their blockade on the war-ravaged country of […]

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Green Energy
“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal

“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal

By Frank Rijsberman | (Inter Press Service) | – – SEOUL, Dec 13 2017 (IPS) – Renewable energy became the cheapest form of electricity in […]

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Christianity
What's the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist?  A Cowboy Hat

What’s the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist? A Cowboy Hat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Both Christianity and Islam as religions comprise large numbers of people and contain a spectrum of […]

Juan Cole

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