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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

06/20/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Afghanistan
On Memorial Day:  How the US Lost its "Battle of Aqaba" to the Coronavirus

On Memorial Day: How the US Lost its “Battle of Aqaba” to the Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On July 6, 1917, Auda Abu Tayy led his Howeitat tribesmen in a successful attack on the Ottoman port of […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
As 38.6 Million File for Unemployment, Wealth of Billionaires surged $435 Bn

As 38.6 Million File for Unemployment, Wealth of Billionaires surged $435 Bn

By Omar Ocampo and Chuck Collins | – ( Inequality.org) – The number of U.S. citizens filing for unemployment increased to 38.6 million since March […]

Inequality.org

Authoritarianism
Is Trump Ally Saudi Arabia moving toward Tolerance or Fear?

Is Trump Ally Saudi Arabia moving toward Tolerance or Fear?

( Middle East Monitor ) – 21 May marked UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a heavy contributor of […]

Bill Law

Employment
Not much of a Safety Net: Millions of Americans lost their Health Care and Apartments when COVID-19 Took their Jobs

Not much of a Safety Net: Millions of Americans lost their Health Care and Apartments when COVID-19 Took their Jobs

By Paul Shafer | – The United States is experiencing its steepest economic slide in modern history. Tens of millions of Americans have filed new […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump's Little Big Horn: In the War on the Coronavirus, we Needed an Eisenhower; We got Custer

Trump’s Little Big Horn: In the War on the Coronavirus, we Needed an Eisenhower; We got Custer

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If Trump were actually a commander-in-chief in the war on Covid-19 instead of playing one on TV, he’d be less […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Will Covid-19 Crisis bring Americans together Across Race or Will they Double down on Razing Safety Net?

Will Covid-19 Crisis bring Americans together Across Race or Will they Double down on Razing Safety Net?

By Lewis M. Steel< | - ( Inequality.org) – The new book by New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter, American Poison: How Racial Hostility […]

Inequality.org

Epidemics
Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic

Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic

By Jamie Rowen | – As the nation takes a day to memorialize its military dead, those who are living are facing a deadly risk […]

The Conversation

Constitution
DOJ is Dropping charges against Trump Buddy Flynn even though he was a Turkish Agent while at NSC

DOJ is Dropping charges against Trump Buddy Flynn even though he was a Turkish Agent while at NSC

(48hills.org) – Trump’s Justice Department wants to drop all charges against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn despite his having admitted to being guilty. Twice. […]

Reese Erlich

Christianity
Top 4 Reasons Trump is playing to Evangelicals by Demanding Church Reopening at cost of Mass Infection

Top 4 Reasons Trump is playing to Evangelicals by Demanding Church Reopening at cost of Mass Infection

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump on Friday attempted to declare church services “essential” and called for their reopening, threatening to overrule governors who begged […]

Juan Cole

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