Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]
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Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I told this story back in 2005 but it is a good story, has held up, […]
From Ugly American to American Bully
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I came of age during America’s Cold War with the Soviet Union, witnessing its […]
How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass
By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about […]
US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump
TeleSur | – – Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. […]
Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Since his inauguration, Donald J. Trump has not been making a good impression in Iraq, where […]
In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See: Going Local, remaining Indivisible
By H Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” Writing decades ago, the poet Theodore […]
Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure
David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for […]
Council of Europe condemns illegal Israeli siege of Gaza as ‘collective punishment’
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a report on Tuesday outlining the dire […]
Trump’s Visa Ban is about anti-Muslim Bigotry, not Security
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters is reporting that on Wednesday, Trump will announce a halt to the issuing of visas […]
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