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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:17

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

10/04/2025 By Juan Cole

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

10/04/2025 By The Conversation

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Kurds
Erdogan Vows to Destroy Leftist Kurdish YPG Militia – a US Ally – in Syria

Erdogan Vows to Destroy Leftist Kurdish YPG Militia – a US Ally – in Syria

By Ezzedine Said with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday vowed to drive out […]

AFP

Qur'an
Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at The New Arab

Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at The New Arab

The war ended with the rise of a movement with a radical peace message and that movement was Islam.

Juan Cole

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Mattis was no Shining Knight: From backing Yemen War to Whitewashing Khashoggi Murder

Mattis was no Shining Knight: From backing Yemen War to Whitewashing Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): Official Washington was horrified at the resignation on Thursday of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who wrote Trump a letter (below) […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, and relations with Turkey Soar

Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, and relations with Turkey Soar

Trump and Erdogan “agreed to ensure more effective cooperation” on Syria

Francesco Fontemaggi

Pentagon
The New Role of the US Navy as Brig for the World

The New Role of the US Navy as Brig for the World

During the first 20 years of the drug interdiction program, the U.S. detained around 200 individuals per year on board ships.

Karen J. Greenberg

Israel
"Dangerous!:" Israel Denounces Trump's withdrawal from Syria

“Dangerous!:” Israel Denounces Trump’s withdrawal from Syria

Syrian Kurds also protest “Stab in the Back”

Middle East Monitor

Bangladesh
Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

“At Cox’s Bazar, five thousand acres of forest have already been destroyed.”

TeleSur

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A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

Israel is gradually losing options for asserting itself over its neighbors militarily

Juan Cole

BDS
Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Democracy in its current iteration can no longer sustain us

Tracey L. Rogers

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