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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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Israel/ Palestine
Under Public Pressure to Cancel Peace Treaty with Israel, Jordan ends Annexes

Under Public Pressure to Cancel Peace Treaty with Israel, Jordan ends Annexes

AMMAN (Ma’an) — Jordanian King Abdullah II informed Israel, on Sunday, that he will not renew two annexes of the 1994 peace treaty between Israel […]

AFP

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: America's Longest Forgotten War Turns a grim 17

Afghanistan: America’s Longest Forgotten War Turns a grim 17

(Tomdispatch.com) | – We’re already two years past the crystal anniversary and eight years short of the silver one, or at least we would be, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israel advances Bill Tying Cultural Funding to ‘Loyalty’

Israel advances Bill Tying Cultural Funding to ‘Loyalty’

Jerusalem (AFP) – A ministerial committee in Israel’s parliament voted Sunday to advance a bill that would cut subsidies to cultural organisations accused of not […]

AFP

Addiction
Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us

Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US has fallen off a cliff on global health statistics, plummeting an unprecedented 21 places in the world index. […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Is Putin using Syria Conflict to detach Turkey from NATO?

Is Putin using Syria Conflict to detach Turkey from NATO?

By Mustafa Demi | – Turkey, Russia and Iran have actively involved themselves in the Syrian conflict, each with their own divergent interests. Moscow and […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
World Outraged, Incredulous at Saudi Account of Khashoggi’s Murder

World Outraged, Incredulous at Saudi Account of Khashoggi’s Murder

Turkish officials have accused Riyadh of carrying out a state-sponsored killing and dismembering the body

AFP

Saudi Arabia
For Congress,Saudi Arabia’s offing Khashoggi it isn’t Terrorism; Imagine if it were Iran

For Congress,Saudi Arabia’s offing Khashoggi it isn’t Terrorism; Imagine if it were Iran

Istanbul (48hills.org) – In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador […]

Reese Erlich

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Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump said Friday that he finds “credible” the bald-faced and ridiculous lies the Saudi government came up with to explain […]

Juan Cole

Voter suppression
GOP Candidate Kemp Purges 107,000 Voters from Georgia Rolls on Eve of Midterms

GOP Candidate Kemp Purges 107,000 Voters from Georgia Rolls on Eve of Midterms

(TeleSur) – Georgia’s voting laws have come under scrutiny in the hotly contested race for governor. Georgia officials have expunged 107,000 people from voter registration […]

TeleSur

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