Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
Featured

Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

More Stories

Far Right
'Don't Be a Sucker' [White Supremacist/ Nazi] : War Department 1943 Video

‘Don’t Be a Sucker’ [White Supremacist/ Nazi] : War Department 1943 Video

United States War Department |. (1943 Educational Video) | – – Wikipedia: “Don’t Be a Sucker! is a short film produced by the US War […]

contributors

Donald Trump
Top 5 Ways White Terrorism means never having to Say you're Sorry

Top 5 Ways White Terrorism means never having to Say you’re Sorry

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I’ve argued for some time that US media treats white terrorists differently than others. And, I […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq after ISIL needs Security, Anti-Corruption & Jobs, not Identity Politics

Iraq after ISIL needs Security, Anti-Corruption & Jobs, not Identity Politics

By Andrea Teti, Pamela Abbott, and Munqith Dagher | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Ignoring priorities that have popular support in Iraq risks undermining […]

contributors

History
What to do with Confederate statues?

What to do with Confederate statues?

James Glaser | (The Conversation) | – – Could Russia teach us something about how to deal with difficult aspects of our national history? Many […]

contributors

Donald Trump
Trump to Guam: Nuclear Tensions Will Bring you Tourism

Trump to Guam: Nuclear Tensions Will Bring you Tourism

TeleSur | – – Amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as it prefers to be […]

contributors

Cold War
'Locked & Loaded' Trump's 1960s Cowboyism re: N. Korea & Venezuela

‘Locked & Loaded’ Trump’s 1960s Cowboyism re: N. Korea & Venezuela

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – If you were away from news on Friday, you might like to know that in addition […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Commission Hearkens Back to Jim Crow

Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Commission Hearkens Back to Jim Crow

By Diallo Brooks | (Otherwords.org) | – – Politicians have stolen our right to vote before. They’ll do it again if they get the chance. […]

contributors

Democracy
Iraq's Next Elections will be the most Important in its History

Iraq’s Next Elections will be the most Important in its History

Mustafa Habib. | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – In Iraq, larger political parties disagree on everything except maintaining the status quo: Parliament just passed […]

contributors

Climate Change
Inconvenient Sequel: 9 Ways To Make Your Home Greener (TYT Video)

Inconvenient Sequel: 9 Ways To Make Your Home Greener (TYT Video)

Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Use your home to act on climate. Download our guide to learn easy changes […]

contributors

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 1266
  • Page 1267
  • Page 1268
  • Page 1269
  • Page 1270
  • …
  • Page 3021
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Featured

Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

The Conversation

Climate Crisis

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

The Conversation

Popular

  • Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide
  • Why Even "Progressive" Dem Leaders won't Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC's Undue Influence
  • The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy
  • Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
  • Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US's Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved