Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]
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IPCC Alarm Bell: burning gas, coal is Intensifying Water Cycle: Expect more and worse Storms, Floods such as hit Germany, China this Summer
By Mathew Barlow | – ( The Conversation) – The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes […]
IPCC – Carbon Dioxide concentrations highest in 2 mn years, Provoking ever more Extreme Weather
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its sixth assessment report. The product of vast international cooperation, the report […]
In Bipartisan Infrastructure Package, opportunity to alter fundamental climate and economic priorities is being squandered
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – How to assess the infrastructure package? Lots of big numbers, but budgetary appropriations are moral statements, and […]
Top Ten Reasons Liberals have the High Moral Ground
In tumultuous sociopolitical struggles, a frequent pattern is visible: Conservatives often fight to preserve their own wealth or privileges, but liberals battle for causes that […]
Top 5 Books on Islam – Juan Cole’s list at Shepherd
The new book website Shepherd asked me for a list of what I thought were the best five books on Islam for a general audience. […]
Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anna Shiryaevskaya, Stephen Stapczynski and Ann Koh at Bloomberg.org report that natural gas prices have risen 1,000 percent in Europe […]
Is Tunisia’s president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?
By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement […]
3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns
By Bart Johnson and David Hulse | – A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, […]
America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America
By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the […]