Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]
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China beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism
By Elanah Uretsky | – I live in a democracy. But as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself longing for the type of freedom I am […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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