Informed Comment - Part 1298

It’s going to Get a lot Hotter; how Hot depends on You

Richard B. Rood | (The Conversation) | – – Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. We know this from billions of observations, documented in thousands of […]

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Constitution

Independence: Remembering Capt. Humayun Khan, Muslim Patriot

Khizr Khan | Associated Press | – – “The father of Humayun Khan, a Muslim American soldier who died during his service, questioned Donald Trump’s […]

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Featured

Leftist Kurds with US Air Support breach Walls of ISIL Capital, enter Old City

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Al Jazeera reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) supported by the US Air Force and […]

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Far Right

What’s with the Victorious GOP’s obsession with Civil War?

By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Have you and your friends gotten into a spirited board game of Bizingo recently? Have you […]

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Children

Is Scott Pruitt Helping a Corporation Poison Your Kids? (TYT)

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Does Scott Pruitt know how evil he is? Cenk Uygur, Ana […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Dutch Furious as Israel seizes Solar Panels donated to Palestinians

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a […]

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Iraq

Iraq united to defeat ISIL, but can it avoid Break-up Afterwards?

By Dylan O’Driscoll | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Multiple segments of the population, including at elite level, have come together in the fight […]

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Donald Trump

Trump has it Backwards: Green Energy will Make America Great

By Joseph E. Stiglitz | (Project Syndicate) | – – BRUSSELS – Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward […]

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Authoritarianism