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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

BY Richard Penaskovic | – Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, […]

“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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Climate Change
Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018

Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018

The strong growth is the second consecutive year of increasing emissions

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Gov't Strong-arms Germany to Boycott Israeli Orgs Calling for Palestinian Rights

Israeli Gov’t Strong-arms Germany to Boycott Israeli Orgs Calling for Palestinian Rights

The two foundations facing the wrath of Israel were named by the +972 as the, Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

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Egypt
Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as "Muslim Brotherhood" for Khashoggi Documentary

Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as “Muslim Brotherhood” for Khashoggi Documentary

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The October 2 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is still shrouded in some mystery […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era

Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era

As we now face a global dearth of alternative political ideas, perhaps it’s no wonder we are turning again to the Mahatma for inspiration

The Conversation

Pentagon
Are Trump & Khashoggi Case dragging down SecDef Mattis, Last Adult in Room?

Are Trump & Khashoggi Case dragging down SecDef Mattis, Last Adult in Room?

The most vocal attack on the former Marine general came from a member of Trump’s own Republican party this week, Senator Lindsey Graham

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Tourism to Palestine  Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

Tourism to Palestine Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

“We also had to refute the Israeli claims that there is no security in the Palestinian territories.”

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages

Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – I took my first hit of speed in 1970 during my freshman year in college. That little white pill — Dexedrine […]

Rebecca Gordon

Islam
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires (Juan Cole @MajorityFm, Video @SamSeder )

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires (Juan Cole @MajorityFm, Video @SamSeder )

Juan Cole’s New Book

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency

Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carbon Dioxide emissions were up again this year, after a hiatus during which people wondered if the world had gotten […]

Juan Cole

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