By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A draft report on the current impact of global heating on the United States, produced by 13 Federal agencies, has been leaked to the New York Times. The scientists who leaked it are afraid that the anti-science Trump administration will suppress the findings to help its […]
Can a General ‘Unchaos’ the White House? – Juan Cole Interview
Warren Olney | KCRW. | (To the Point Radio Show) | – – Can a general ‘unchaos’ the White House? “With the President away, his White House Staff will play — unless former General John Kelly can establish rules of order in his new role as chief of a group he himself has called “dysfunctional.” […]
Gov.’s branding Mosque bombing ‘terrorism’ astonishes US Press
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This Saturday, a Bloomington, Minnesota mosque was attacked with an improvised explosive device, which destroyed an office with fire and blew out windows but luckily no one was injured. Some members of the congregation were shaken up pretty badly. On Sunday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton visited […]
As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – CBS News reports that jobs in the wind energy field will grow 108 percent in the next 7 years. Working on wind turbines, in short, is the fastest-growing job sector in the United States now and in the foreseeable future. One of the characteristics of wind […]
UN Report: Muslim Youth going to fight in Syria mostly not Motivated by Islam
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lizzie Dearden at The Independent reviews a new report by the United Nations Office of counter-terrorism report. Some 25,000 young men are said to have made their way from Europe to fight the regime in Syria, and as the war winds down, many will return. Understanding […]
Trump’s Worst Nightmare: Mueller’s Grand Jury Subpoenas Russia Documents
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury in the investigation of Trump’s ties to Russia. The Grand Jury in turn has already issued a subpoena with regard to the meeting of Don Trump Jr. and other senior Trump advisors June 9 of 2016 with […]
Top 5 Great Power Realist Reasons Trump is Wrong on Immigration
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Many of the reactions to Stephen Miller’s announcement of Trump’s proposed immigration policies have pulled at the heart strings. People on social media have been remembering their own grandparents, who came to the US without knowing English and without higher degrees but made something of themselves. […]
The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of Djibouti. Beijing has a long way to go to catch up with the United States, which is estimated to have some 800 military bases around the world. In fact, you […]
Top 6 Falsehoods Embraced by new WH Chief of Staff John Kelly
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Kelly will get a lot of good will from having fired the foul-mouthed Anthony Scaramucci. But should he? At least Scaramucci had been gunning for Steve Bannon, the scary far, far right wing white nationalist who serves as White House strategist. You have a sense […]
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