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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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Top US Senators  Call for Ouster of Saudi’s Bin Salman over Murder

Top US Senators Call for Ouster of Saudi’s Bin Salman over Murder

Washington (AFP) – An influential US Senate ally of President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday that Congress would take decisive action against Saudi Arabia over a […]

AFP

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How Guantanamo Set the Stage for the Kavanaugh Hearings

How Guantanamo Set the Stage for the Kavanaugh Hearings

(Tomdispatch.com) – Amid the emotional hubbub over the predictable confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, there has been a largely overlooked casualty: the American judiciary. It’s not […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Suspects in Saudi Journalist Murder directly tied to Crown Prince

Suspects in Saudi Journalist Murder directly tied to Crown Prince

by Ian Geoffrey TIMBERLAKE | – – Washington (AFP) – A suspect identified by Turkey in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a […]

AFP

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Saudi war on Yemen: World’s Worst Famine in a Century could Claim 13 Million

Saudi war on Yemen: World’s Worst Famine in a Century could Claim 13 Million

Yemen is a country of some 29 million persons, but over a third of them are at risk of starvation if Saudi and UAE bombing […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy

Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy

(Informed Comment) – The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi and his possible death at the hands of the Saudi state operatives in its consulate in Istanbul […]

Ali Abootalebi

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Dozens injured as Palestinians Protest Israeli Closure of Nablus School in Palestine

Dozens injured as Palestinians Protest Israeli Closure of Nablus School in Palestine

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians participated in a protest against an Israeli army order to close a Palestinian high school in the al-Lubban village […]

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Riyadh would “respond to any action with a bigger one”

Omar Hasan

Native Americans
Sen. Warren Calls on Trump to Pay $1 mn. to Charity as her DNA shows Native Ancestry

Sen. Warren Calls on Trump to Pay $1 mn. to Charity as her DNA shows Native Ancestry

Washington (AFP) – US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender, released DNA test results Monday confirming her Native American ancestry and challenged […]

AFP

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Tokyo's Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

Tokyo’s Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

But will it be enough to avoid turning the Pacific Ocean into Godzilla?

Juan Cole

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