Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]
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Saudi Arabia: Is the Prince fighting on too many Fronts?
Carool Kersten | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The Saudi crown prince moves towards concentrating absolute power in his own hands, while escalating tensions on several […]
Top 4 Things Paradise Papers tell us about Super-Rich
Tax avoidance is a booming industry
Lebanon Hizbullah leader: Saudis dictated Hariri resignation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Secretary-General of Hizbullah, the Lebanese party-militia, Hassan Nasrullah, gave a major speech Sunday in the […]
Trump: Why didn’t ‘Samurai Japan’ shoot down N. Korea Missiles?
TeleSur | – – The revelation comes after Trump warned that Asia should fear a robust military stance by Japan, “a warrior nation.” A perplexed […]
Congress’ Tax Plan is a give-way to the Rich, not a Reform
True tax reform would help working and middle classes
Kurds didn’t Get Independence, US Support or even Democracy
By Reese Erlich | ( 48hills.org | – – I stood at a border crossing as thousands of Yazidis and other refugees fled ISIS attacks […]
Will Congress ever be brave enough to End War Authorization?
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – On September 1, 1970, soon after President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by invading neighboring Cambodia, Democratic […]
Saudi Saturday Night Massacre: Billionaire Bin Talal, dozens of others Arrested
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – King Salman of Saudi Arabia created a high-powered “anti-corruption” commission on Saturday, appointing his son, the […]
Lebanon PM Hariri Resigns in fear for Life, Slamming Iran
Long known for Saudi Ties, Hariri Accuses Tehran of trying to Destroy Arab World