Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds
By Sven Teske, Chris Briggs, Mark Hemer, Philip Marsh, and Rusty Langdon | – ( The Conversation) – Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common […]
Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job); ;We’d Better Control Machines Before They Control Us
By John Feffer | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My wife and I were recently driving in Virginia, amazed yet again that the GPS technology […]
Under Pressure from Biden, Japan pledges to double target for Renewables in energy mix by 2030, to 38%, and to Slash Emissions
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The importance of having a U.S. leader like Joe Biden, who has come to believe in the necessity of drastically […]
Israeli Apartheid: “A Threshold Crossed”
Published in: Zenith Magazine By Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director | – ( Human Rights Watch) – In April, Human Rights Watch released a […]
Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans
By Sam Purkis | ( The Conversation) – The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches […]
Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students
Middle East Studies Association Committee on Academic Freedom Letter Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students, and Ongoing Detention of 15 after a […]
Trump Associate Indicted for being Agent for Emirates, Covertly Shaping US Mideast Policy
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump as president dumped the Paris Climate Accord, withdrew from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, endorsed the 2017 blockade […]
Anti-Vaxxer Trumpian Pols are Killing their own Constituents for Profit — and Endangering us All
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is killing his constituents by pandering to Donald Trump. He’s following the leads of […]
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Muslim Secularism: A conversation with Juan Cole (Ta’seel)
Juan Cole in conversation with Ta’seel Commons: “’To read Juan Cole’s deft, plain-spoken translation of the Rubáiyát is to find companionship, to rejoin a thousand-year […]