This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
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On How there is no Restaurant Worker Shortage, only a Shortage of Safe Jobs with Adequate Pay
From the earliest days of the Pandemic relief initiatives business lobbies and conservative pundits have griped about the $600 Federal Unemployment Insurance supplement. They complained […]
Let Lebanon be Lebanon: Paris should Stop Threatening Beirut with EU Sanctions
John Hickman “Governing Lebanon is surely more daunting than governing France.”[1] That pearl of wisdom in an essay defending consociational democracy by University of Pennsylvania […]
Changing the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault: Or How Not to Leave the Fox Guarding the Henhouse
By Andrea Mazzarino | – (Tomdispatch.com ) – Given the more than 60 Democratic and Republican votes lined up, the Senate is poised to move […]
Eman Askar’s TikTok deep-history ‘Song for Palestine’ goes Viral with 10 mn Views in 48 Hours
“A song telling the story of Palestine has gone viral on social media. TikToker Eman Askar – @emmasworld.101 – rhymes off of historical facts with […]
As Boteach comes for Dua Lipa, has Tactic of Smearing People as anti-Semites for Backing Palestinian Human Rights jumped the Shark?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Orthodox Rabbi Shmuely Boteach has come after the brilliant, Grammy-award-winning Kosovar-British pop star Dua Lipa with an ad in the […]
Why Coal Must be Phased out by 2030 to Save the Planet
By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 […]
Why Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the Israeli Oppression of Palestinians
By Jamal Kanj | | ( Middle East Monitor) – Palestinian diaspora narratives are broad. Sheikh Jarrah is the story of Palestinian families, in one […]
Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?
By Anthony Billingsley | – Israel and Hamasagreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying can hopefully end and further […]
Israeli invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Shows Conflict remains Hot despite Ceasefire, Angers Muslims Worldwide
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Only half a day after a ceasefire went into effect between the Palestinians in Gaza and the government of Binyamin […]
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