Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]
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Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to […]
How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]
“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11
The eleventh quatrain in the first edition Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám became one of the more famed poems in the […]
Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family
Hassan Herzallah Before the war, Hassan was a university student chasing his dreams. Now he risks his life every day to feed his family (OpenDemocracy.net […]
Celebrating Court Ruling Striking down Trump’s $2 Billion Funding Freeze on Harvard
Middle East Studies Association of North America Court rules on Harvard College v. HHS Lawsuit in Favor of Harvard The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) […]
Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]
“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10
The tenth quatrain in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues the theme of the irrelevance of political power to happiness, […]
Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance
By Eman Abusidu ( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Brazil on Friday (5), labeling the South American country’s […]
Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine for a moment a nuclear weapon exploding over… well, you name it: Pakistan, India or, for that matter, Ukraine, Russia, […]