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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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Militarization
A Parable of (All-American) Violence:  Accountability and the War of Terror

A Parable of (All-American) Violence: Accountability and the War of Terror

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a religious studies professor, I know a parable when I see one. Consider the 20th anniversary […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
A short History of Climate Change and Civilization that does not End Well (XKCD Webcomic)

A short History of Climate Change and Civilization that does not End Well (XKCD Webcomic)

Randall Munroe, XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Via Randall Munroe, XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. This work […]

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astronomy and outer space
Did a Cosmic Airburst inspire the Myth of Sodom and inadvertently Spark millennia of Homophobia?

Did a Cosmic Airburst inspire the Myth of Sodom and inadvertently Spark millennia of Homophobia?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a new paper in Nature archeologists Ted E. Bunch and Malcolm A. LeCompte et al. present their findings that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

( Code Pink ) – President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Afghanistan
If US Followed its own Safeguards, the Taliban and IS-K wouldn't have captured so many US Weapons

If US Followed its own Safeguards, the Taliban and IS-K wouldn’t have captured so many US Weapons

By Nolan Fahrenkopf | – The weapons and military equipment left behind by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including through the collapse of the Afghan […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?

The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – When he was trying to win the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon famously told his chief of staff that […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
At UN, Biden Pivots from 20-year War to Global Alliance against the Climate Emergency

At UN, Biden Pivots from 20-year War to Global Alliance against the Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden addressed the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, laying out his vision of […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
A Chill Wind: Texas Unleashes Bounty Hunters on Women

A Chill Wind: Texas Unleashes Bounty Hunters on Women

( Otherwords.org) – For now, the Supreme Court has allowed Texas to sic bounty hunters on women seeking constitutionally protected abortions. By Martha Burk | […]

OtherWords

Arms Sales
The Profits of War:   How Corporate America Cashed in on the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge

The Profits of War: How Corporate America Cashed in on the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge

( Tomdispatch.com) – The costs and consequences of America’s twenty-first-century wars have by now been well-documented — a staggering $8 trillion in expenditures and more […]

William D. Hartung

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