Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One reason for which Palestinians in northern Gaza are resisting attempts of the Israelis to expel hundreds of thousands of […]
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Trump’s Over-the-Top War Talk is a War Crime: ‘Systematic, Constant, Vicious, Remorseless’
What pops into your head when you hear the number 1,000 in a political-military context? Having studied German military history, I immediately think of Adolf […]
Arab World, Alarmed at US Debate Debacle, Worries about Military Coup and ‘Banana Republic’ on Potomac
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Arabic press watched the Trump-Biden fiasco of a debate with alarm. The US is so involved in the Arab […]
On how there are no “Infidels” in the Qur’an, and how Christians and Jews are never Called That
My new article is out in The Journal of the American Oriental Society about the meaning of the root k-f-r in the Qur’an, the Muslim […]
U Toronto Dumping of Legal Scholar critical of Israel has Chilling effect on Research, Academic Freedom
By Farida Deif | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – The University of Toronto’s law school allegedly rescinded a job offer for director of […]
Is it Time to end Profiteering on Public Health and Nationalize Big Pharma?
Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — Over forty years of profiteering by Big Pharma and oligarch control of our economy has left the public […]
Top 5 Most Horrible things Trump said in his Abnormal Debate
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The “debate” was an unfortunate and distasteful spectacle, largely because of Trump’s bullying and mendacious behavior. But let us resist […]
War for Oil, again? Why are Russia and Turkey intervening in the Azerbaijan-Armenia Clashes?
Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh threaten to destabilize the Caucasus. Turkey and Russia […]
Democracy for the Arab World Now! Khashoggi’s Legacy is Launched
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by the Saudi government for working for democracy in the Middle East. […]
Will a Woman’s right to Choose end with Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court?
By Prudence Flowers | – Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg’s “most fervent wish”, revealed by […]