Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dufus-in-chief perorated on Friday once again on wind power, complaining that the components are made in China but that […]
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Stop Calling them Heroes if You won’t give Essential Workers Sick Leave and Health Care like Every Other Industrialized Country
By Paul F. Clark | – The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the degree to which we depend on the work of others. This is particularly […]
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “Who brought you, tipsy, here to me?”
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day Tonight, who brought you, tipsy, here to me? Who brought you to my hand without a veil? […]
Anti-Immigrant Trump promotes Burning Fossil Fuels that will displace Millions toward US
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents findings that shocked the authors themselves. If […]
‘A Cascade of Human Rights Abuses:’ Why the world must Halt Israel’s Further Land Grab in Palestinian West Bank
( Middle East Monitor ) – UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk’s criticism of the forthcoming US-Israeli annexation of more Palestinian land offers a good start […]
From WW II Victory to Trump’s ‘America First’: Is our anti-Nazi Resolve Foundering?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender in May 1945 ought to prompt thoughtful reflection. For Americans, V-E Day, as it […]
Lockdown Singing: the Science of why Music helps us connect in Isolation
By David M. Greenberg and Ilanit Gordon | – “Don’t hold back, sing with all of your heart,” said our colleague Simon Baron-Cohen on a […]
Americans are Dying to Die: Guard shot for asking Customers to wear Mask as Trump’s CDC predicts 3k death / day by June
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Security guard Calvin Munerlyn, father of six with three step-children, was shot to death Monday in an altercation over Munerlyn’s […]
How Imprisoned Palestinians gain Rights from everyday Resistance
By Julie Norman | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Amid the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Palestinians are among some of the most vulnerable […]
In Pandemic, Trump Must Choose Between a Global Ceasefire and America’s Long Lost Wars
As President Trump has complained, the U.S. does not win wars anymore. In fact, since 1945, the only 4 wars it has won were over […]