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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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No Cheetahs or Cool Breezes: The World our Carbon Dioxide is Bequeathing our Children

No Cheetahs or Cool Breezes: The World our Carbon Dioxide is Bequeathing our Children

By Frida Berrigan | – (Tomdispatch.com) – “I don’t want to live in a world without cheetahs, Mom.” Seamus loves cheetahs and what’s not to […]

Tomdispatch

Russia
Putin: Other Powers will Dump Dollar as Reserve Currency if US goes on With Sanctions

Putin: Other Powers will Dump Dollar as Reserve Currency if US goes on With Sanctions

US Making ‘Colossal’ and ‘Typical’ Empire’s Mistake

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New Shiite-led Gov't in Baghdad:  How Iran won the Iraqi Elections & Frustrated Trump

New Shiite-led Gov’t in Baghdad: How Iran won the Iraqi Elections & Frustrated Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shiite politician Adil Abdul Mahdi has been appointed prime minister by new Iraqi president Barham Saleh, bringing to a close […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’

Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’

“this act is not only heartless and discriminatory, it is illegal”

Maan News Agency

Iran
France Accuses Iran of Bomb Plot near Paris

France Accuses Iran of Bomb Plot near Paris

by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Valerie LEROUX | – Paris (AFP) – France has accused Iran’s intelligence ministry of being behind a foiled plot to bomb […]

AFP

Immigration
Trump says it's a Scary Time for Young Men; Imagine the Boys detained in his Immigrant Camps

Trump says it’s a Scary Time for Young Men; Imagine the Boys detained in his Immigrant Camps

As the Brett Cavanaugh controversy rages on, overlooked is a news item about the tent city set up for the migrant children in Tornillo, Texas. […]

Gail Ukockis

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Dissident Journalist Khashoggi Visits Saudi Consulate in Istanbul then Disappears

Saudi Dissident Journalist Khashoggi Visits Saudi Consulate in Istanbul then Disappears

Washington (AFP) – A veteran Saudi journalist who has been critical of the government has gone missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on […]

AFP

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Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush is supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. But Bush is more honest than the judge. He was asked by […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi: The Banana Republic with very few Bananas

Saudi: The Banana Republic with very few Bananas

Stockholm ( MENA Tidningen) – The Saudis are feeling offended that another country might criticize their dismal record of human rights. Last August Canada’s Foreign […]

Daniel Martin Varisco

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