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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

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Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Violence has broken out in Beirut Again, but it isn't Senseless - it is caused by what Lebanon has not Done

Violence has broken out in Beirut Again, but it isn’t Senseless – it is caused by what Lebanon has not Done

By Lama Fakih, Crisis and Conflict Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Scenes from Lebanon shocked residents and the world on Thursday when […]

Human Rights Watch

Houthi
Yemen: Will talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran offer hopes for an end to bitter seven-year civil war?

Yemen: Will talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran offer hopes for an end to bitter seven-year civil war?

By Simon Mabon | – Recent statements from Iran and Saudi Arabia have provided hope that a pathway might be emerging to an end to […]

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Is Sec. of State Antony Blinken as bad as Mike Pompeo?  Silent on Israeli theft of Palestinian Land, Promoting Phony Abraham Accords

Is Sec. of State Antony Blinken as bad as Mike Pompeo? Silent on Israeli theft of Palestinian Land, Promoting Phony Abraham Accords

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shaping up to be as much of a disaster as secretary of state as […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
Bogus charges of Antisemitism and the Case of Rashida Tlaib

Bogus charges of Antisemitism and the Case of Rashida Tlaib

By David Rubenstein | – ( Southside Pride) – You have to wonder how many people actually listened to the allegedly antisemitic comments made by […]

David Rubenstein

Afghanistan
Leaving Afghanistan was a No-Brainer - the Rise of Illiberal Schmittian Regimes is now the big Danger to U.S.

Leaving Afghanistan was a No-Brainer – the Rise of Illiberal Schmittian Regimes is now the big Danger to U.S.

By Scott Corey | – (Special to Informed Comment) – On October of 2009, I published an essay on Informed Comment advocating that the US […]

Scott Corey

Joe Biden
A Yemen Catastrophe that America helped Make (Pearson Inst. Video with Juan Cole)

A Yemen Catastrophe that America helped Make (Pearson Inst. Video with Juan Cole)

Pearson Institute Panel on Catastrophe in Yemen from October 13, with Juan Cole among the panelists. Pearson Institute: Yemen in Neglect My (much more expert-on-Yemen […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
"To Dirty it!" On how For-Profit News Obscured William Shatner's Climate Emergency Warning after Suborbital Flight

“To Dirty it!” On how For-Profit News Obscured William Shatner’s Climate Emergency Warning after Suborbital Flight

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, pop culture icon William Shatner, Star Trek‘s Captain James Tiberius Kirk, explained the enormity of seeing the earth […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Pain of Palestinians in Gaza

The Pain of Palestinians in Gaza

By Hamada Fara’na | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Even the Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy, couldn’t bear the tragic scene of thousands of […]

Middle East Monitor

Banking
Make them Pay Up: Pandora Leaks show that the Super-Rich rob Public of $200 bn a year in lost Tax Revenues

Make them Pay Up: Pandora Leaks show that the Super-Rich rob Public of $200 bn a year in lost Tax Revenues

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The rich have always flaunted their wealth. It was rarely good enough to enjoy financial success, you had […]

John Feffer

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