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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Inequality
McConnell was holding up Stimulus over Shielding Businesses from Coronavirus Liability -- A Very Bad Idea

McConnell was holding up Stimulus over Shielding Businesses from Coronavirus Liability — A Very Bad Idea

By Timothy D. Lytton | – Congress may be close to a deal on another coronavirus bailout, but Senate Republican demands for liability protections for […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Ritual Coup:  Republicans hope that by Performing a One-Party State, they will one Day Achieve it

Ritual Coup: Republicans hope that by Performing a One-Party State, they will one Day Achieve it

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today’s Republican Party is one big denial of reality. If it were only that, however, it would merely be madness. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How One Palestinian Woman with a Disability Builds a Life in Israel-Besieged Gaza

How One Palestinian Woman with a Disability Builds a Life in Israel-Besieged Gaza

People with Disabilities Find Strength Despite Discrimination

Human Rights Watch

Democracy
Blue Arizona: Pandemic, Trump and racism drove Decisive voter turnout in some American-Indian tribal communities

Blue Arizona: Pandemic, Trump and racism drove Decisive voter turnout in some American-Indian tribal communities

By Anthony J. Wallace ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – Enthusiasm across Arizona was higher this election than in the 2016 presidential contest, and final […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Donald Trump
How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

By Abel Brodeur, Leonardo Baccini, and Stephen Weymouth | – Did the COVID-19 pandemic doom Donald Trump’s re-election? Our study examining the effect of COVID-19 […]

The Conversation

Far Right
NZ's Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

NZ’s Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 looked into the background […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"I have a Dream":  The Palestinian Version

“I have a Dream”: The Palestinian Version

By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Every time I read how Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that came true, […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
The Taliban are megarich  - The Way Organized Crime Bosses are -- and use ill-gotten Wealth to wage war in Afghanistan

The Taliban are megarich – The Way Organized Crime Bosses are — and use ill-gotten Wealth to wage war in Afghanistan

By Hanif Sufizada | – The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Anti-War Officer Corps:  An American Crisis of Conscience in the Forever Wars

Anti-War Officer Corps: An American Crisis of Conscience in the Forever Wars

By William J. Astore and Danny Sjursen | If you have a moment, how about joining two retired officers, Bill Astore and me, Danny Sjursen, […]

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