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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

09/18/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Top Five Horror films on Halloween that remind us of Trump's Presidency

Top Five Horror films on Halloween that remind us of Trump’s Presidency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This Halloween is either the last of four presidential slasher movies, produced by notorious horror producer Donald John Trump, or […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism is Growing Around the World, but from Bolivia to Nigeria, People Power is pushing Back

Authoritarianism is Growing Around the World, but from Bolivia to Nigeria, People Power is pushing Back

Authoritarianism has been on the march for years, but people powered revolutions are pushing regimes toward democracy on nearly every continent. ( Foreign Policy in […]

John Feffer

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A Solar Germany?  Renewables are Covering Half of Germany's Electricity Demand

A Solar Germany? Renewables are Covering Half of Germany’s Electricity Demand

By Edgar Meza | – (Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany has already surpassed last year’s record amount of solar power by late October, according […]

Clean Energy Wire

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5 reasons not to underestimate far-right extremists

5 reasons not to underestimate far-right extremists

By Alexander Hinton | – Far-right extremists have been in the news, with an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor and rallies like the one […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Trump's ideal Strong man, Putin, orders Nationwide Mask Mandate, as US Flounders under weak Leadership

Trump’s ideal Strong man, Putin, orders Nationwide Mask Mandate, as US Flounders under weak Leadership

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is well known for fawning all over Vladimir Putin, Russia’s autocrat who styles himself “president” from victories in phony […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
50 Nations of UN seek A-Bomb Ban, but US, Russia, China, N. Korea are accelerating Dangerous Arms Race

50 Nations of UN seek A-Bomb Ban, but US, Russia, China, N. Korea are accelerating Dangerous Arms Race

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – We are living in the year 2020 AD, signifying two thousand twenty years after the birth of Christ. […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Climate Crisis
UN Report: Human Environmental, Climate Destruction could unleash 800k Animal Viruses on Us

UN Report: Human Environmental, Climate Destruction could unleash 800k Animal Viruses on Us

By Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher | – Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, […]

The Conversation

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Donald Trump’s Failed State:  America’s Daunting New World and the Coming Election

Donald Trump’s Failed State: America’s Daunting New World and the Coming Election

By Karen J. Greenberg | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – These past few months, it’s grown ever harder to recognize life in America. Thanks to Covid-19, […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Mental Health at Michigan: What can the stories of five individuals tell us about the history of mental health at the University of Michigan?

Mental Health at Michigan: What can the stories of five individuals tell us about the history of mental health at the University of Michigan?

A project of University of Michigan students mentored by Professor Henry Cowles. Mirrored from Storymaps: “Mental Health at Michigan.” N.B. Scroll down via scroll bar […]

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