Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]
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Will Mali get back stolen Timbuktu Manuscripts?
A trove of three boxes of rare manuscripts from Timbuktu has turned up near the Algerian border and seems likely to be returned to its […]
Obama in Berlin foreshadows Coming Epic Battle against Climate Change
President Obama is readying a major policy change on combating climate change. He adverted to it in his Berlin speech yesterday. In my view, this […]
The Struggle over the Qur’an in Morocco (Video report)
In Morocco, as in most Muslim countries, there is a lively contest over the meaning of the Qur’an and Islam. The official government-approved Qur’an contains […]
Mueller: FBI Drones on US Soil, used ‘Minimally’ (Young Turks)
FBI director Robert Mueller admitted Wednesday that the FBI sometimes deploys drones over US territory. Cenk Uygur reports: Cenk points out that if the Bureau […]
On-Again, Off-Again US Talks with Taliban in Doha; Kabul Furious
The attempt of the US State Department to open negotiations with the Taliban, who now have an office in Doha, Qatar, foundered on a series […]
Iran’s Pres. Rouhani News Conference: Transparency on Nukes and Talks with US
CNN profiles Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani and interviews Hillary Mann Leverett: The USG Open Source Center translated the first news conference held by newly […]
US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget)
Lest we forget (from last summer): Brandon Bryant is haunted by his career as a drone contract killer for the US government. Drone operator: ‘I […]
I am Bradley Manning (celebrity video protesting treason charge)
The celebrity video ‘I am Bradley Manning: protests against the ‘aiding the enemy charge’ against leaker Manning, who is now being tried in a military […]
Dear Jenny McCarthy and Bill McKibben: Coal Plants are causing Autism, Let’s Sue Them!
The situation comedy actress Jenny McCarthy has done great damage to public health by her wrong-headed thesis that vaccines cause autism. This is not true, […]
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