Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]
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Not the Onion: Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi
CBS New York buries the lead: “A 9-year-old New Jersey girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use […]
Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he’ll Enrich them at our Expense
By Nicole Girard via Liberals Unite Mitch McConnell really does not care about our problems. The way he talks about the needs of average Americans, […]
Israel War Aftermath: Epidemic feared in Gaza sheltering centers as skin infections spread
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Displaced Gaza residents in sheltering centers are suffering from dangerous skin infections which could become a epidemic as a result of water […]
Syrian Rebels welcome US Air strikes on ISIL Terrorists
By Juan Cole Ilaf reports that rebels in East Aleppo, Syria are deeply divided over the prospect of President Obama ordering US air strikes on […]
Mansplaining Women’s Pay Gap (John Oliver satire)
John Oliver explores America’s wage gap between men and women and proposes a possible solution. Note: Solution proposed is 100% sarcastic. Last Week Tonight with […]
As Int’l Powers focus on Kurds and Sunni Arabs, have Shiite Politicians lost Iraq Forever?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | via Niqash.org In Baghdad [last] week, Iraq’s most senior Shiite Muslim politicians are lamenting their increasing isolation from the international […]
Can you Pass the Hamas Quiz?
By Jeffrey Rudolph (updated) The degree of mainstream media distortion concerning Hamas is endemic in the US and Canada. In my local newspaper, the Montreal […]
Why Would They Stay? Making Sense of ISIS and Iraqi Sunnis
By Nathan Spannaus ISIS’s meteoric rise to prominence has brought renewed attention on Iraq’s Sunni population and their relationship with radical forms of extremism. Outside […]
Open-Ended Ceasefire reached in Israel/ Gaza: But how Long will it Last?
By Juan Cole Israel on the one side and Hamas and Islamic Jihad on the other have announced an open-ended cease-fire brokered by Egypt, the […]