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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Climate Crisis
How ExxonMobil’s plan to Surge its CO2 output is Like Trump’s plan to Deal with the Coronavirus

How ExxonMobil’s plan to Surge its CO2 output is Like Trump’s plan to Deal with the Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump made a mad dash to escape his hospital room at Walter Reed, browbeating his military physicians into letting him […]

Juan Cole

Juan Cole
More Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  ‘With soul afire, words flowing like a sea’

More Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: ‘With soul afire, words flowing like a sea’

In 1882 Edward Henry Whinfield (d. 1922) brought out a bilingual Persian and English edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, based on eight medieval […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Saudi Arabia continues to conceal its human rights abuses

Saudi Arabia continues to conceal its human rights abuses

By Tasnim Nazeer ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two years since the brutal death of respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi, why has Saudi Arabia still […]

Middle East Monitor

racism
Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy

Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy

Amsterdam (Special to Informed Comment) – Discussions still focus on who can and who cannot be called racist, while the question of what racism actually […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

Oceans
Ban Plastics!  We estimate there are up to 14 million tonnes of microplastics on the seafloor. It’s worse than we thought

Ban Plastics! We estimate there are up to 14 million tonnes of microplastics on the seafloor. It’s worse than we thought

By Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox and Justine Barrett | – Nowhere, it seems, is immune from plastic pollution: plastic has been reported in the […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Trump Prospects Plummet as Public blames him for Illness, Independents desert him over Debate Bullying

Trump Prospects Plummet as Public blames him for Illness, Independents desert him over Debate Bullying

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Those observers asking whether Trump would get a bounce of sympathy from falling ill with COVID-19, the way Ronald Reagan […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
If there ever is another Presidential Debate, the Corporations shouldn't Manage it

If there ever is another Presidential Debate, the Corporations shouldn’t Manage it

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The organization most responsible for the debacle of the first Presidential debate offered an implicit apology and […]

John Buell

Constitution
Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

By Stephanie Newbold | – Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on October 2, there have […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and […]

Tom Engelhardt

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