Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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It’s the CO2, Stupid!: 2015 ‘by far’ Hottest Year on Record & New Torrid Normal
By Janette Lindesay and Mark Howden | (The Conversation) | – – It’s official: 2015 was the hottest year on record. The US-based National Oceanic […]
No, Gov. Snyder, Flint’s water wasn’t poisoned by “Government”: It was by your Appointee
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps it is inevitable but it is a shame that some people are gaming out how […]
British Parliament Debates ban on Donald Trump: “He is a Wazzock!”
AJ+ | (Video Report) – – “Members of the UK Parliament debated whether or not to let Donald Trump into their country after a petition […]
US Response to Saudi Wars & Human Rights Violations? $49 Bn. in new Arms Sales
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The West continues its strong political and military support to one […]
The Real Zombie Apocalypse: Climate Change
Bill McKibben | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When I was a kid, I was creepily fascinated by the wrongheaded idea, current in my grade school, […]
Palin for Trump: ‘Political Correctness’ (anti-racism) is a Suicide Bomb Vest
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The term “political correctness” has a long and varying history, but what do Donald Trump and […]
Human Rights Watch: Businesses must cut off Israeli squatter settlements
Human Rights Watch | – – (Jerusalem) – Businesses should stop operating in, financing, servicing, or trading with Israeli settlements in order to comply with […]
GOP Billionaires Complain Super-Pacs aren’t Buying Election Effectively
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Republican billionaires are used to being able to buy elections, and are now crying […]
The Failure of Aljazeera America proves that the future of TV is the Web
By Scott Bridges | (The Conversation) | – – Yesterday came the surprising announcement that Al Jazeera America (AJAM), the not even three-year-old US news […]