Hugh J. Curran

Ukraine, 9-28-26

Links to a report from the Associated Press and to a commentary via Informed Comment; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s LEBANON, GAZA, WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT, and for UKRAINE 9-25-26.) — MCM

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Russian drones hammer apartments, offices and a cultural landmark in Ukraine, killing 7, by Hanna Arhirova and Barry Hatton | AP  KYIV — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said today. Click HERE for report including photos Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM SEPT. 26  The rule of the sophists, the reign of untruth, by Hugh J. Curran | University of Maine / Special to Informed Comment   ORONO, Maine – In classical Greek “opinion” is referred to as “doxa” with a clear distinction between “doxa” and “truth” (alethia). We have a President in the U.S. who gives daily information by way of a news program called “Truth Social.” “Truth”, to him, seems . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza, 9-28-26

Links to two commentaries via Informed Comment and to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE, LEBANON, WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT; click HERE for GAZA 9-9-26 or scroll down.) — MCM

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Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt Oct. 7 (since it knew about it in advance)? by Dan Steinbock | Special to Informed Comment  SINGAPORE — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech to the UN General Assembly was an effort to shift attention away from a political storm brewing in Israel that won’t go away. It failed. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 27  Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 7 others in new Gaza truce violations. From Middle East Monitor. Two Palestinians were killed and seven others injured Sunday in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, amid Tel Aviv’s daily violations of a ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025, medical sources said, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 26  The rule of the sophists, the reign of untruth, by Hugh J. Curran | University of Maine / Special to Informed Comment  ORONO, Maine – In classical Greek “opinion” is referred to as “doxa” with a clear distinction between “doxa” and “truth” (alethia). We have a President in the U.S. who gives daily information by way of a news program called “Truth Social.” “Truth”, to him, seems . . . READ MORE . . .

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