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No, Donald Trump, Real Muslims haven’t applauded your Fascist Plan to Ban them
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arabic press reported with a straight face GOP presidential contender Donald Trump’s allegations that he […]
George W. Bush Cold Open – Saturday Night Live
Will Ferrell | (Saturday Night Live Video Spoof) | – – “President George W. Bush (Will Ferrell) announces he’s entering the presidential race and assesses […]
Sell that Coal Stock: The future belongs to Wind and Solar, COP21 or No
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Historically, the transition from one energy system to another, as from wood to coal or […]
Is the US Suddenly entering a Major new War in Iraq & Syria?
Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – The spreading influence of ISIS is forcing Washington into a strategic decision: escalate. Suddenly, and without almost […]
Is Corporate Media a danger to Society? Coverage of Trump v. Sanders
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – ABC World News has given one minute to Bernie Sanders this year (actually, it is just […]
Can Historic climate agreement protect the world’s most vulnerable people?
The Tree | – – 195 countries reached across traditional divides today to unite behind the greatest moral challenge of our time and seal the […]
What Islamophobia and ISIL/ Daesh have in Common: The Political Use of Fear
By Ian Buruma | (Project Syndicate) | – – NEW YORK – There are many roads to political disaster: greed, hubris, the charisma of the […]
After the COP21 Paris Climate Accord, what we need is an Int’l Climate Court
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The climate pact forged at Paris lacks real teeth and so in and of itself will […]
Daesh in the Digital Realm
By Michael Degerald | (History x ISIS) | – – In popular discussion of the Islamic State, several topics have received the vast majority of […]
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