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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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Gunman blamed Jews for Bringing Muslims, Honduran Caravan to US

Gunman blamed Jews for Bringing Muslims, Honduran Caravan to US

with Issam AHMED in Washington | – Pittsburgh (AFP) – In the months leading up to Saturday’s massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Robert Bowers used […]

Jennie Matthew

Antisemitism
Does anti-Muslimism enable anti-Semitism?

Does anti-Muslimism enable anti-Semitism?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The outbreak of violence in the past week by two far right extremists, one of them a big Trump fan […]

Juan Cole

Muslim-Americans
Muslim-American Community Raises Money for Pittsburgh Victims

Muslim-American Community Raises Money for Pittsburgh Victims

The campaign, hosted by Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood, aimed to help the victims, “whether it is the injured victims or the Jewish families who have […]

TeleSur

Iran
Iran sells Oil through own Energy Exchange to Counter Trump Sanctions

Iran sells Oil through own Energy Exchange to Counter Trump Sanctions

Tehran (AFP) – Iran sold oil to private buyers through its energy exchange for the first time on Sunday, as part of its efforts to […]

AFP

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Trump Coddled White Nat'lists as "Very Fine People," Now they're Shooting up Synagogues

Trump Coddled White Nat’lists as “Very Fine People,” Now they’re Shooting up Synagogues

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The horrific shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead and more injured was a further manifestation of far […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
SecDef Mattis Slams Saudie Arabia: ‘Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability’

SecDef Mattis Slams Saudie Arabia: ‘Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability’

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday that the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi undermined Middle Eastern stability and that Washington would take […]

Middle East Monitor

Inequality
Report: World’s Richest Got 20% Richer in 2017

Report: World’s Richest Got 20% Richer in 2017

A report published recently by Swiss bank UBS shows the world’s wealthiest are now worth $9.1 trillion, enough to spend $1 million per day for […]

TeleSur

Yemen
Khashoggi’s Murder grabbed Headlines but Brutal Saudi War on Yemen Invisible

Khashoggi’s Murder grabbed Headlines but Brutal Saudi War on Yemen Invisible

Dubai (AFP) – The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has triggered a diplomatic and public relations crisis for Saudi Arabia, but little may change […]

Natacha Yazbeck

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Suggestive Terrorism:  Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique

Suggestive Terrorism: Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique

The attempted pipe bombings directed at former US president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former attorney General […]

Juan Cole

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