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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

09/18/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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This Year’s El Niño, a Preview of Global Heating to Come, Will Affect Wheat and Global Food Supply

This Year’s El Niño, a Preview of Global Heating to Come, Will Affect Wheat and Global Food Supply

By David Ubilava, University of Sydney | – The World Meteorological Organization has declared the onset of the first El Niño event in seven years. […]

The Conversation

Ancient Greek Religion
The “Cerberus” Heat Wave and the Closing of the Parthenon: Why the Climate Crisis Evokes Cosmic Mythology

The “Cerberus” Heat Wave and the Closing of the Parthenon: Why the Climate Crisis Evokes Cosmic Mythology

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – High daytime temperatures in the Mediterranean basin are disrupting life in many ways, in Spain, Morocco, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Global Heating Grips Phoenix, AZ, with record-breaking String of 110 °F Days Projected and Homeless Dying

Global Heating Grips Phoenix, AZ, with record-breaking String of 110 °F Days Projected and Homeless Dying

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy   ( AZ Mirror) – Phoenix is close to breaking a record streak for consecutive days with high temperatures at or above […]

AZ Mirror

Climate Crisis
Corals are starting to Bleach as Global Ocean Temperatures hit Record Highs

Corals are starting to Bleach as Global Ocean Temperatures hit Record Highs

By Ian Enochs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | – The water off South Florida is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in mid-July, and […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Game Over? Even BP and TotalEnergies are Shelling out $14.7 Bn. for Right to Build Baltic Sea Wind Farms

Game Over? Even BP and TotalEnergies are Shelling out $14.7 Bn. for Right to Build Baltic Sea Wind Farms

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros [$14.7 […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Should Congress be inviting  Illiberal Government Leaders Like those of India and Israel to address it? Is it all Right to Boycott Human Rights Offenders?

Should Congress be inviting Illiberal Government Leaders Like those of India and Israel to address it? Is it all Right to Boycott Human Rights Offenders?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Let us imagine a country somewhere in the world, let us call it Qorlu. It has two major ethnic groups, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Change is Increasing Stress on Thousands of Aging Dams across the US

Climate Change is Increasing Stress on Thousands of Aging Dams across the US

By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University | – Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Roots of Iraq’s Water Crisis: Upriver Dams along with Climate Change

Roots of Iraq’s Water Crisis: Upriver Dams along with Climate Change

Response of McGuire Gibson, Professor Emeritus of Mesopotamian Architecture , University of Chicago, to Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian […]

McGuire Gibson

Climate Crisis
The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?

The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In case you hadn’t noticed — and how could you not? — there have been more than 500 (yes, 500-plus!) wildfires […]

Tom Engelhardt

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