Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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The Donald won’t be in Office Long, but will he be more Dangerous out of it?
( Tomdispatch.com) – 2021 has indeed begun and god knows what it has in store for us. But unless, somehow, we’re surprised beyond imagining, The […]
Already a New Boss in Town: Saudis, afraid of Biden, Hurry to End their Blockade on Qatar
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would lift its land and sea blockade against Qatar, and that Bahrain and the […]
Democracy’s Night of the Living Dead: Trump’s GOP Zombies Lost by a Landslide, but they’re back to eat our Brains
By Dan Dinello | – Like a political remake of Night of the Living Dead, the Republican Party — put to death by the Lame […]
Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it
By Ken Hughes | – At least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is simpler than Richard Nixon’s. Schoolchildren can easily grasp Trump’s high crime, in […]
Turkey: Bill on ‘Preventing Terrorism’ actually Targets Freedom of Association, Civil Society
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Istanbul) – The Turkish government should withdraw provisions in a draft law that would arbitrarily curtail nongovernmental organizations’ activities […]
Tragedies, Farces and Trump’s Coup d’état: The History of an Idea
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amy Gardner at the Washington Post got the scoop. In an hour-long telephone call to Georgia officials, including the the […]
With Raft of Normalizations with Israel, Everything changed for Palestinians this Past Year . . . but They’re still Occupied
By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Landmark developments seem to have changed everything and nothing for Palestine this past year. The […]
It might be the world’s biggest ocean, but the mighty Pacific is in peril
By Jodie L. Rummer, Bridie JM Allan, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ian A. Bouyoucos, James Cook, Irfan Yulianto and Mirjam van der Mheen | – The Pacific […]
Is Arizona Turning Blue? The Shape of Democratic Victory
By Catherine Fusillo | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – For years, Democrats have argued that Arizona was about to turn blue, and […]
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