Beersheba (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After his address to an almost empty hall at the UN, Benjamin Netanyahu found a warmer reception at […]
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As 27 Million Lose Job-based Health Insurance, Imagine if there were No Obamacare
By Simon F. Haeder | – The loss of 31 million jobs due to coronvirus has an added downside: 27 million have lost job-based health […]
I guess “Islam” doesn’t Hate us After All: Trump pins hopes for Vaccine on Muslim-American Slaoui
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump became president in part by playing on fears, resentments and outright hatred among some segments of the American public, […]
How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine
( Middle East Monitor) – Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little […]
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 […]
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