Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm reports that for the first nine months of 2024, Germany generated more electricity from wind […]
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Swat Taliban Leader Arrested
Pakistan has announced the arrest of a major leader of the Swat Taliban, Muslim Khan, and four other local leaders. The arrest is important for […]
A Tale of Two Joe Wilsons, a Tale of Two Americas
This is the story of two Joe Wilsons, and two Americas. Both challenged a president, the most powerful man in the free world. One is […]
19 Kurds Killed in Ninevah Bombing; US Troops Still Dying in Iraq; Russia Seeks Oil Deals
A suicide truck bomber detonated his payload in a Kurdish village near Mosul early Thursday morning, killing 19 and wounding 25. The attack followed a […]
US Last in Forestalling Preventable Deaths among 19 Industrialized countries
Here is the ranking by health researchers of 19 industrialized nations by how well their health systems intervene to stop preventable deaths. The US is […]
4 US Troops Killed in Kunar Ambush; Karzai Ahead in Ballots, Amidst Charges of Fraud; Russia Fears Heroin
Jonathan Landay of McClatchy reports as an eye-witness on the guerrilla attack in Kunar Province on an Afghan Army expedition to Ganjgal village that killed […]
Krane: American Nuclear Reactors for Dubai, Iran’s Best Friend
Jim Krane writes in a guest op-ed for IC The contrast is startling. Dubai is Iran’s window through the US embargo, one of its largest […]
Iraqi Party Demonstrates Against Syria as Regional Tensions remain High
Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Islamic Mission Party [Da’wa] headed by Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki is holding public demonstrations against Syria over its […]
Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy
The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job […]
EU Foreign Ministers Condemn NATO; German Opposition Attacks Merkel on Afghanistan; Kunduz Residents Furious at West
A Taliban-set roadside bomb hit a German convoy in Kunduz province on Saturday, likely in vengeance for the NATO air strike on hijacked fuel trucks […]