Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Turning the Red Sea Redder: Will America’s backing for Israel’s War in Gaza Torch the Red Sea Region Too?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In mid-June, the Associated Press announced that the U.S. Navy had been engaged in the most intense naval combat since the […]
Israel Never Learns from its Mistakes: Why Netanyahu will Fail in Gaza
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel never learns from its mistakes. What Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is trying to implement in Gaza is […]
Startling Climate Change Impact: Hurricane Beryl’s Rapid intensification to Category 5 is Ominous
By Brian Tang, University at Albany, State University of New York | – (The Conversation) – Hurricane Beryl was the latest Atlantic storm to rapidly […]
Did the Supreme Court just Immunize Trump from his Insurrectionist Tweets?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I may not have a law degree, but I do know a great deal from personal experience (as a pioneering […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters slam U of Michigan for asking Michigan AG to press Charges against Students
By: Jon King – A coalition of student groups at the University of Michigan say Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is now looking into possible […]
Israeli Army Spokesman admits Hamas can’t be Destroyed, as Netanyahu eyes War with Hezbollah
By Jonathan Este, The Conversation | – Fighting continues in central and southern Gaza, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to encounter resistance from […]
Netanyahu, emboldened by Biden’s Debate Performance, again Defies US, Intensifies Attacks on Gaza
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu once again rejected the Biden peace deal on Sunday, vowing complete victory. After Biden’s […]
Our Nearly $1 Trillion Military Budget Won’t Make us Safer
By Lindsay Koshgarian ( Otherwords.org ) – If you looked at the U.S. military budget without knowing otherwise, you’d probably guess we were in World […]
“Some Say the World will End in Fire:” Nukes and Carbon, Carbon and Nukes
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve been writing about climate change for so many years now but, in truth, it was always something I read about […]
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