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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
Israeli Chronic Occupation depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Access to Health Care: WHO

Israeli Chronic Occupation depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Access to Health Care: WHO

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in its annual report, “Right to Health: Crossing Barriers to Access Health in the Occupied […]

Maan News Agency

Corruption
Israel PM Netanyahu’s Wife Goes on Trial for Corruption and Fraud

Israel PM Netanyahu’s Wife Goes on Trial for Corruption and Fraud

Jerusalem (AFP) – The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on trial Sunday for allegedly using state funds to fraudulently pay for hundreds […]

Stephen Weizman

Iran
Further Trump Admin. Descent into Lawlessness if it rejects Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Iran

Further Trump Admin. Descent into Lawlessness if it rejects Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Iran

Co-Author: Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK The Hague (AFP) – The United States will confront Tehran at the UN’s top court on Monday over billions in frozen […]

Jan Hennop

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Plutocratic Coup: Top Six Ways a Kavanaugh Court will Take us back to the Dark Ages

Plutocratic Coup: Top Six Ways a Kavanaugh Court will Take us back to the Dark Ages

Despite the considerable cloud over his head, Brett Kavanaugh was put on the Supreme Court on Saturday, in what may best be described as a […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Turkey says Saudi Authorities Murdered Dissident Khashoggi in Istanbul Consulate

Turkey says Saudi Authorities Murdered Dissident Khashoggi in Istanbul Consulate

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish police have concluded that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi mission in Istanbul after going missing Tuesday, […]

AFP

Iran
Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults

Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults

“This is the reward of the illusion that security could be achieved through external support”

Middle East Monitor

Far Right
What’s Behind the Rise of 784 Influential Hate Groups in the US?  Depends on Where

What’s Behind the Rise of 784 Influential Hate Groups in the US? Depends on Where

(Yes! Magazine) – Organized hate groups span all geographic areas of the United States, from White nationalists in Washington state to neo-Nazis in Alabama to […]

Wyatt Massey

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Irony: Nobel Peace Prize for anti-Rape Activist, as US Senate puts Alleged Abuser on Highest Court

Irony: Nobel Peace Prize for anti-Rape Activist, as US Senate puts Alleged Abuser on Highest Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If the allegations of Professor Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh are true, then he was a juvenile criminal. He […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
At Least Heidi Heitkamp refused to Vote for Kavanaugh: Why I'm not Surprised

At Least Heidi Heitkamp refused to Vote for Kavanaugh: Why I’m not Surprised

(Informed Comment) – On October 4, Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) announced that she was going to vote “no” on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to […]

Gail Ukockis

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