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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Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with […]
Why was 2014 Hottest Year on Record? The Humans did it
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — A Japanese team has confirmed that 2014 was the hottest year on record. Moreover, ten of the warmest […]
Obama will Veto Keystone XL Pipeline, Stopping 110 mn tons of CO2 Annually
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that President Obama plans to veto a newly introduced pro-Keystone XL bill […]
As 2014 declared Warmest Year, Watch where World’s CO2 Comes From
Vox | — “A new high-resolution computer model created by NASA shows carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas driving global warming, as you’ve never seen it […]
How the US Nat’l Security State goes on Failing Upward
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) As 2015 begins, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Imagine that it’s January 1963. For the last three years, […]
Tee tomesing, tay tomesing? UK Kindergarten Teachers must report Terrorist Toddlers
AJ+ | — “The British government wants kindergarten teachers to report their toddlers…for potential extremism. Seriously.” AJ+ “Terrorist Toddlers In The UK? ”
Whatever Happened to besieged Kurdish City of Kobane, Syria?
By Juan Cole | — Kurdish forces (including both the local YPG and Peshmerga units from Iraqi Kurdistan), and supported by Free Syrian Army troops […]
What Black & White thinking misses about ISIS/Daesh & why it Matters to us All
By Neslihan Çevik | (Daily Sabah) — To combat radicalism, EU countries should avoid considering an increased interest in the origins and nature of Islam […]
Fearing NSA, Writers in USA and Worldwide Avoiding controversy, keyword Searches
PEN America | “Global Chilling” PEN America writes: “Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers is a new report demonstrating the damaging […]
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