Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The entire nation of Tuvalu, 11,000 people, is making preparations to relocate, reports Sophie Mak at Nikkei Asia . The […]
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Ramadi Bombings Kill 8; Shiite Clerics Condemn Draft Security Agreement
Two suicide bombers struck at a village near Ramadi in al-Anbar Province on Saturday, killing 8 and wounding 27. Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that officials […]
Obama and Iran
President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that “Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon, I believe is unacceptable. . . Iran’s support of terrorist organizations, I think […]
Rather on the Broken US News Industry
Dan Rather blames the decline of television news in the US on media consolidation and the corporate bottom line. Rather prescribes greater courage on the […]
Can Obama Get out of Iraq in 16 Months? Bombings Shake Baghdad
The daily bombings in Baghdad that appear to signal a resurgence of the guerrilla movement continued on Thursday, with three bombings in the capital killing […]
Monsters on Television
Paul Krugman, among my favorite political commentators, has spoken forthrightly of how during the past few years we have had “monsters” in office, naming Tom […]
Karzai: President Obama, Stop this Bombing
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on president-elect Barack Obama to reverse the increasing US and NATO dependence on air strikes to combat anti-government guerrillas. The […]
Pakistan on Obama: Hope and Trepidation
Pakistan’s president, Asaf Ali Zardari, and its prime minister Sayyid Raza Yusuf Gilani, gave a warm welcome to Barack Obama as US president. They recently […]
Celebrating in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arborites celebrated Obama’s victory into the wee hours on Nov. 4-5.
Natalie Portman on Wars
Padme Amidala makes a statement.
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