Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands we Boycott Big Oil just as we Boycotted Apartheid
(By Jon Queally) Nobel laureate says ‘people of conscience’ must break ties with oil and gas companies that are destroying planet’s future. Archbishop of South […]
CBS Taps Colbert To Replace Letterman, Limbaugh Bursts Into Flames
This could be the single event that our grandchildren — well, the privileged ones who know how to read and have access to e-books and such — will know as the straw that broke the left wing’s back. No less of a historian than Rush Limbaugh declared…
Jazz legend John McLaughlin Plays Ramallah, Palestine to counteract Palestinian “Isolation”
Jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin plays for Palestine (via AFP) The Palestinian territories are rarely a destination for jazz musicians let alone stars of an […]
GOP Armed Services Chair: Dropping Benghazi, Military did all it Could (Is the Witch Hunt Over?)
(By Juan Cole) Republican Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, declared on Thursday that the US military did all it […]
Public library opens on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche beach
The beach library has four desktop computers and 14 iPads that are available to search the collections.
George W. Bush Used Top Google Results For All His Paintings; Is he in Legal Trouble?
You may have heard the recent stories about former President George W. Bush’s new exhibit of paintings of world leaders. There’s been plenty of chatter about the former President picking up painting as a hobby since leaving office. While many may have…
Fox News climate change coverage is now 28% accurate, up from 7%
Posted on 8 April 2014 by dana1981 The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has just published an analysis of 2013 climate coverage by the three major American cable news networks. The report and data are available online, and the results are summarized…
Military Occupation as Bullying: The Palestinian Struggle for Dignity in Hebron
(By Johannes A. Makar) Eyewitness Hebron: Follow young Badr in his city of bullies This February, after crossing the Taba-Eliat border from Egypt, less than […]
Save Bangladesh & you Save the World: Give Green Energy aid to Developing Nations of Global South
(By Paul Rogers) Recent examples of short-term climate disruption have done much to bring the overall issue of climate change up the political agenda. In […]
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