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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

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Syria
The Other Aleppo:   A rare portrait of the Government-held Western City

The Other Aleppo: A rare portrait of the Government-held Western City

Channel Four News | (Video News Report) | – – “We have seen the tragedy of East Aleppo which is under siege and fierce bombardment […]

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Environment
Yemen & Dubai may be at War, but both are going Solar Big Time

Yemen & Dubai may be at War, but both are going Solar Big Time

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There is big news on the solar energy front, with the price of panels and installation […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Didn't Stop Matthew: Fl. Gov. Rick Scott Banned term 'Climate Change'

Didn’t Stop Matthew: Fl. Gov. Rick Scott Banned term ‘Climate Change’

Lest we forget, here is a 2015 column full of ironies for Florida’s increasingly dire climate change challenge: Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) […]

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Iraq
As Battle w/ ISIL for Mosul nears, Iraq should exclude Abusive Militias

As Battle w/ ISIL for Mosul nears, Iraq should exclude Abusive Militias

Human Rights Watch | – – Role of Abusive Armed Forces, Treatment, and Screening of Detainees (Beirut) – The Iraqi government should make a commitment […]

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Republican Party
The Ugly American:  Donald Trump is our Mirror, not an Outlier

The Ugly American: Donald Trump is our Mirror, not an Outlier

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – This is not about Donald Trump. And I mean it. From the moment the first […]

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De Mistura:  al-Qaeda must leave E. Aleppo to save it from Destruction

De Mistura: al-Qaeda must leave E. Aleppo to save it from Destruction

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has addressed the Levant Conquest Front, whose leader, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Hurricane Matthew a Herald of Man-Made Climate Change

Hurricane Matthew a Herald of Man-Made Climate Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – If your tv isn’t telling you the below, turn it off and read more Informed Comment […]

Juan Cole

History
Return of Virulent Nationalism: how language is being used to mark national borders

Return of Virulent Nationalism: how language is being used to mark national borders

Mario Saraceni | (The Conversation) | – – According to a series of newspapers, immigrants will apparently change the English language in Britain beyond repair […]

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Government surveillance
NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data

NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data

TeleSur | – – “I thought the Third World War had started,” the man’s neighbor described the raid and arrest in August. A National Security […]

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