Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]
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With Yellen at Treasury, Can we Finally get a Progressive Carbon Tax?
By Rachel Kyte | – Janet Yellen is poised to be the next U.S. Treasury secretary, and her inbox will require every ounce of her […]
Time for Biden to end the Forever Wars and bring Iran in from the Cold
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although former president Trump claims to have avoided starting any new wars, he in fact put the US on a […]
How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?
Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – While the US remains preoccupied with the upcoming Joe Biden inauguration, Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was detained at […]
An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq
The Algerian newspaper Echorouq [al-Shuruq] has published a positive review of the Arabic translation of my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of […]
The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin
( Tomdispatch.com ) – How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in […]
“The Horror, the Horror.” An epitaph for Trump’s Nazi Presidency
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness, the imperial commercial agent Kurtz, who has committed horrible atrocities against Black Congolese […]
Can Biden’s $15/ hr Minimum Wage begin restoring Working Class trust?
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Watch CNN almost any time lately and one is inundated with scenes of the lethal riots in […]
The Mall was 1/2 empty for Trump’s Inauguration, but the threat of his armed Militias Completely Emptied it for Biden’s
By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – Four years ago, President Donald Trump claimed the crowd attending his inauguration was […]
How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot: Linguists can Tell
By Roger J. Kreuz and Leah Cathryn Windsor | – On Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence. One after another, a […]
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