This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
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Top 5 Reasons Trump’s West Wing May be Emerging as a Coronavirus Epicenter
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jana Winter and Hunter Walker at Yahoo News broke the story that 11 Secret Service agents have tested positive for […]
Trump and Biden on the Middle East
( 48hills.org) – We all know that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been a disaster. But is Joe Biden’s any better? Trump promised to […]
The Middle East was beset by Terrorism; now it Faces Coronavirus and Economic Freefall
By Colin Powers| – ( Inequality.org ) – As acutely as COVID-19 and related policy responses are widening inequality in the United States, the pandemic’s […]
Why it doesn’t make Economic Sense to Ignore Climate Change in our Recovery from the Epidemic
By Anna Skarbek| – It will be tempting for some to overlook the climate change challenge in the rush to restart the economy after the […]
Top 5 Ways Netanyahu’s Annexation of 30% of Palestinian West Bank will Devastate Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that, despite being indicted for corruption and press manipulation, Binyamin Netanyahu can take office […]
The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights again the Fatal Danger of Jogging while Black
By Rashawn Ray | – Unsteady cellphone footage follows a jogger – an apparently young, black man – as he approaches and attempts to run […]
A Century of Shame: The Annexation of Palestine began with Arrogant Imperial Victors of WW I at San Remo
( Middle East Monitor ) – One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the […]
Other Countries get Testing, Contact Tracing and Open Economies: We get President Lysol and Malign Neglect
By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Donald Trump is not a president. He can’t even play one on TV. He’s a corrupt […]
Trump Vetoes War Powers Restrictions on Attacking Iran as “Insulting”– as Iraq’s new PM enters Crosshairs
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – ( Nikki Carvajal at CNN reports that Trump vetoed the invocation of the War Powers Act passed by both the […]
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