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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

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Extreme Right Israeli Gov't brands "Illegal" Supreme Court's upholding of Judicial Review; Divisions Loom amid Gaza War

Extreme Right Israeli Gov’t brands “Illegal” Supreme Court’s upholding of Judicial Review; Divisions Loom amid Gaza War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the midst of Israel’s brutal total war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and its apparent failure to attain its […]

Juan Cole

Guns
Dear President Biden: About your Record on Guns, Arms, and Belligerence

Dear President Biden: About your Record on Guns, Arms, and Belligerence

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden Dear Joe, I would wish you a Happy New Year; but it seems trite and […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Charles Kendal Hirschkind sings "Palestine is Burning."

Charles Kendal Hirschkind sings “Palestine is Burning.”

Charles Kendal Hirschkind, “Palestine is Burning.” For writings on Israeli assault on Gaza by Charles Hirschkind, see: The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children . Informed […]

Charles Hirschkind

child labor
The Year's 10 Good News Stories for Children's Rights, including Iraqi Curbs on Child Soldiers

The Year’s 10 Good News Stories for Children’s Rights, including Iraqi Curbs on Child Soldiers

Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children’s Rights Division   ( Human Rights Watch) – Grim stories of conflict, abuse, and deprivation seem to confront us every […]

Human Rights Watch

Books
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: “When New Year’s rainclouds wash the tulip’s face”

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: “When New Year’s rainclouds wash the tulip’s face”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the quatrains attributed to the medieval Iranian astronomer Omar Khayyam, the Rubáiyát, the renewal that comes with New Year […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
“Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism:”  Ex-Harvard Hillel Leader

“Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism:” Ex-Harvard Hillel Leader

Jessica Corbett ( Commondreams.org) – “For the safety of Jews and Palestinians, stop weaponizing antisemitism.” That’s the headline of a Friday op-ed from Bernie Steinberg, […]

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Internet
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Many thanks – We Reached our Fundraising Goal — Thanks to You

Many thanks to all of you who donated and who support the site by sharing our articles with your circle — by email, on social […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel uses Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

Israel uses Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

By Jehan Alfarra | – ( Middle East Monitor ) = “Bread in those days was like gold.” These were the words of a survivor […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
33 new Gigs of Solar:   Top 7 Renewables Good News Stories in the US for 2023

33 new Gigs of Solar: Top 7 Renewables Good News Stories in the US for 2023

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States has long been characterized by its “can-do” spirit. With all the alarming news about climate change, it […]

Juan Cole

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