2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020
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Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline
These days Donald Trump’s Washington abounds with monuments to overblown imperial grandeur and plans for more
The Ecocide of Gaza
Well before October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip had progressively been isolated from the West Bank and the outside world overall
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
How long will sages debate if this world is eternal or created? / Once I have left it, why should I care, either way?
In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom
I have been in higher education as a student or professor for over five decades, and I have never seen things as bad as they are now.
Why Palestinian Statehood is a Prerequisite for Arab-Israeli Peace and Expansion of Abraham Accords
The Saudi leader’s plan to normalise with Israel comes with a price. He wants to see a “clear path [towards a] two-state solution”
The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat
As it turns out the high-tech sector that has produced so many billionaires isn’t pro-environment; instead simply pro-billionaire
“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24
A Muezzín from the Tower of Darkness cries “Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There!”
Is Venezuela the New Iraq?
There are continuities and discontinuities in the spectacle of American power
COP30: 5 Reasons the UN Climate Conference wasn’t the Promised “People’s Summit”
When the final deal was agreed, key references to a fossil fuel phase-out were missing.
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