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 […]
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On eve of Turkish Election, Leftist Women Turn backs on Pres. Erdogan in Twitter Campaign
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In Turkey, left of center and Kurdish women took to Twitter on Wednesday to post pictures […]
Boston Terrorism suspect Rahim switched from Hate Speech Activist Geller to Police as Target
WCVB Channel 5 Boston | (Video) | – – “Boston terror suspect Usaamah Rahim originally plotted to behead conservative activist Pamela Geller but changed his […]
Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)
Euractiv | – – Forcible displacements, thousands of deaths and harmful CO2 emissions – the “2015 Coal Atlas”, published by Germany’s Heinrich Böll Foundation, shows […]
Syrian Refugees Blocked, Stranded in Jordan Desert
Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Jordanian authorities have severely restricted informal border crossings in the eastern part of the country since late […]
“Nationalism and terrorism are constructed things to divide us”: Macedonian elections and a Balkan “War on Terror”
By Frances Trix | (Informed Comment) | – Now it appears, thanks to EU mediation, there will be new national elections in Macedonia next April […]
Adelson Tabloid slams Obama for Listening to ‘Court Jews’ in Questioning Israel’s Credibility
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – President Barack Obama gave an interview on Israeli television on Tuesday in which he said that Prime […]
Turkish Elections: Will the Country go Full Putin?
Gulay Icoz | (The Conversation)| – Following a month of fierce campaigning, the people of Turkey are preparing to head to the polling stations for […]
Wins and Losses for Liberty and Privacy in USA Freedom Act
By Cindy Cohn and Mark Jaycox | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – The Senate passed the USA Freedom Act today by 67-32, marking the first […]
Going for Broke in Ponzi Scheme America
Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – [Note to TomDispatch Readers: I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might be […]
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