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Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry
China

Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dufus-in-chief perorated on Friday once again on wind power, complaining that the components are made in China but that […]

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

07/05/2025 By Ramona Wadi

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

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What does the Holy Book of Islam say about the Birth of Jesus?

What does the Holy Book of Islam say about the Birth of Jesus?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | Revised. The Qur’an, the scripture Muslims believe was received by the the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632) by divine […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
An un-merry Christmas for Palestinians, as Militant Israeli Squatters attack Monastery, Church

An un-merry Christmas for Palestinians, as Militant Israeli Squatters attack Monastery, Church

This year, there will be no Christmas celebrations in Palestine because of restrictions necessary to stop the spread of COVID-19. Worse, this unusually gloomy season […]

Mohammed Samaana

Death Penalty
Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

By Isaac Arnsdorf | – (ProPublica ) – In its hurry to use its final days in power to execute federal prisoners, the administration of […]

ProPublica

Authoritarianism
From biblical times to Trump, false messiahs have doomed societies

From biblical times to Trump, false messiahs have doomed societies

By Kimberly Stratton | – The prophet Jeremiah records in excruciating detail the catastrophic events leading to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in 587 […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, Trump the Mad pardoned 4 Blackwater mercenaries who killed 14 Iraqi civilians, including a nine-year-old boy, with indiscriminate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

( Middle East Monitor ) – It is convenient to surmise that Israel’s current political crisis is consistent with the country’s unfailing trajectory of short-lived […]

Ramzy Baroud

Environmentalism
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Memona Hossain | – Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020 would […]

The Conversation

Iraq
‘Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay:’  Can America learn the Lessons of Iraq and Vietnam

‘Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay:’ Can America learn the Lessons of Iraq and Vietnam

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Trump sent Feds to Portland, but will coddle White Supremacist militias who invaded Oregon State House

Trump sent Feds to Portland, but will coddle White Supremacist militias who invaded Oregon State House

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Far right brown shirts, some armed with firearms or bear mace, invaded the Oregon state house in Salem on Monday. […]

Juan Cole

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