Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]
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Scary Tea Party Compilation
You can’t make this stuff up. Vote Sanity suggests that however angry you might be about the current situation, it is important that you vote […]
Obama fails to Galvanize the Youth on Daily Show
President Obama came on Jon Stewart’s Daily show on Wednesday. This was the president’s chance to rally the youth, who typically don’t vote in midterms. […]
Israeli extremists Provoke Clashes in Umm al-Fahm
The extremist “Our Land of Israel” group that opposes any negotiations with Arabs or relinquishing of conquered territory staged a provocative march Wednesday in Umm […]
On Beating Uppity Liberal Women: Afghanistan and Kentucky
Afghanistan style (Taliban version): American style (Tea Party version): For more on woman-stomper Tim Profitt and Rand Paul see HuffPo. The episode puts Paul’s youthful […]
A North-South Global Climate War?
This looks to me like a sort of north-south global war, with the North inflicting profound damage on the South: Here are carbon dioxide emissions […]
Suzuki: Our Global Economy is not Sustainable
I had the pleasure of hearing biologist David Suzuki lecture at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night during my recent short trip to Australia. […]
Karzai and the Iranian Slush Pile
The revelation that Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai receives millions in influence peddling payments from Iran is full of ironies. It demonstrates that the US and […]
Williams supported Imus Firing, Censoring of Rap Music
Given the protests mounted by Juan Williams over his firing from NPR because he said he gets nervous when he sees Muslims, I became interested […]
Renewed Conflict Looms as Israel-Palestine Talks still in Limbo
The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are still in limbo, as the Israelis refuse to renew a freeze on new theft of and building on Palestinian land, […]
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