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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Crisis
One last Time, Trump lies to the International Community about the Climate Emergency and Green Energy

One last Time, Trump lies to the International Community about the Climate Emergency and Green Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – DW gives a clip of Trump’s unhinged video rant to the G20 summit against the Paris Climate Accord on Sunday, […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
America's not-so-Model Elections:  So much for Exceptionalism

America’s not-so-Model Elections: So much for Exceptionalism

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Following weeks of speculation and worry about the possibility of violence and/or crasing technical systems the United […]

John Buell

Bill of Rights
Presidents are Paid Public Servants, Not Aristocrats above the Law:  Lessons from Rousseau, Jefferson and Tang China

Presidents are Paid Public Servants, Not Aristocrats above the Law: Lessons from Rousseau, Jefferson and Tang China

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – “Let the constitution of a government be what it will, if there is but one man in it […]

Martin Powers

Joe Biden
Can Progressives Push Biden to take on Washington's Sacred Cows: Foreign Policy and the Pentagon?

Can Progressives Push Biden to take on Washington’s Sacred Cows: Foreign Policy and the Pentagon?

In this mystifying moment, the post-electoral sentiments of most Americans can be summed up either as “Ding dong! The witch is dead!” or “We got […]

Danny Sjursen

Donald Trump
As Daily Cases climb toward 200K, "Trump is Playing Golf" (to the same accompaniment as "Whitey on the Moon")

As Daily Cases climb toward 200K, “Trump is Playing Golf” (to the same accompaniment as “Whitey on the Moon”)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The G-20 summit, attended virtually by the leaders of the 20 countries with the largest gross domestic products, was orchestrated […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Lady Zeinab: A British Aristocrat embraces Islam in the Shadow of European War

Lady Zeinab: A British Aristocrat embraces Islam in the Shadow of European War

Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment) – In 1934, Lady Evelyn Cobbold, a Scottish aristocrat and traveler, wrote that with the tightening of Nazi rule […]

Shalom Goldman

Donald Trump
Trump’s Parting Shots for Israel

Trump’s Parting Shots for Israel

( Middle East Monitor) – At the start of this year, in this column, I argued that the annexation of the West Bank was coming, […]

Asa Winstanley

Donald Trump
Has Trump’s last-minute Purge of Defense Agencies Put America in Danger?

Has Trump’s last-minute Purge of Defense Agencies Put America in Danger?

By Arie Perliger | – President Donald Trump’s recent firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and subsequent resignations from the department of four more top […]

The Conversation

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In G-20, Only India is on track to meet goals for keeping Global Heating to 3.6° F.

In G-20, Only India is on track to meet goals for keeping Global Heating to 3.6° F.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2020 Climate Transparency report finds that India is on track to meeting the carbon dioxide emissions levels that, if […]

Juan Cole

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