A Review of Islam: A New History, from Muhammad to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2025) by John Tolan Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
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“Investigating war crimes in Gaza” I Al Jazeera Investigations
Al Jazeera English: “Investigating war crimes in Gaza I Al Jazeera Investigations” Excerpt from YouTube transcript: The West cannot hide. They cannot claim ignorance. Nobody […]
Think Again: Do You Think the US Economy Performs better under Republican Administrations?
Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Quite a few people believe things that are not true, but that do not do much harm. […]
Iran’s Strikes on Israel have set Conflict in the Middle East Spiraling, in rising Security Threat
By Javed Ali, University of Michigan | – (The Conversation) – Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1, 2024, amplifying […]
“What Should I Do With This Pain?” Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians urge Peace and Reconciliation, drawing on their Grief
By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the first anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel approaching, the death toll in Gaza climbing to […]
Vice-Presidential Debate: A Successful Governor takes on a Firehose of Hate and Falsehoods
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a Southern man of letters, I’ve learned a lot from Tennessee Williams’ plays and films. Watching […]
Why Tehran chose to attack Israel
( The National ) – Iran is the first Middle Eastern state in the 21st century to strike Israel directly, having fired a massive salvo […]
Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran
( Code Pink ) – On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary […]
Türkiye’s Hezbollah Dilemma
Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the conflict in Lebanon intensifies, Türkiye finds itself walking a diplomatic tightrope. While it has openly condemned […]
Will the Forever Wars Ever End? The War on Terror 23 Years Later
( Tomdispatch.com ) – September marked the 23rd anniversary of al-Qaeda’s 2001 attacks on the United States, which left nearly 3,000 people dead. For the […]
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