Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]
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In the Midst of a Pandemic, Can we Afford to spend Trillions on War Industries?
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Camus’ novel of a lethal contagion in the North African city of Oran is filled with characters all too […]
Despite the Opposition of Some, The Science is Clear: Masks Stop the Spread of Coronavirus and should be Mandatory
By Jeremy Howard | I’m a data scientist at the University of San Francisco and teach courses online in machine learning for fast.ai. In late […]
Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov’t Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with “Darkest Winter in Modern History”
The testimony of Dr. Rick Bright on Thursday was a remarkably low-key affair given the bombshell revelations Ruiz divulged of the paralysis, inaction and frankly […]
Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic
Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – While some pundits extol the virtue of strong government (i.e., dictatorship) in fighting Covid-19, Middle Eastern activists are […]
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day All hearts that shine with passion’s radiance, no matter if they pray in mosque or church– all […]
How China’s Han Empire Predicted America’s Imperial Decay
Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – The Han dynasty’s collapse is an abject lesson in imperial decay that prefigures in alarming ways our own […]
Who is “Essential” to our Covid-19 World? A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Fighting this Pandemic
By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – “When he first came home, it was tough.” So Aleha, the wife of an airman in […]
Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel’s new Annexationist Government
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dropped in on Israel on Wednesday to bestow his blessing on the new annexationist […]
How the Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers
By Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella | – (ProPublica) – After an extraordinary, two-year battle to keep secret the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected […]
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