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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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Myanmar
Burma General on Hot Seat over charges Army Raped Rohingya Muslim Women

Burma General on Hot Seat over charges Army Raped Rohingya Muslim Women

The UN has accused Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of numerous crimes

AFP

Donald Trump
Top 4 things more disgraceful than Michelle Wolf's Jokes or leak of Mueller Questions

Top 4 things more disgraceful than Michelle Wolf’s Jokes or leak of Mueller Questions

Right-wing outrage in the name of respectability politics rings especially hollow in the age of Trump

Juan Cole

Elections
How Troll Farms & Fake News are being Weaponized against Iraq’s Women Politicians

How Troll Farms & Fake News are being Weaponized against Iraq’s Women Politicians

As Iraq’s elections approach, internet dirty tricks multiply

Niqash

Militarization
“Infinity War?” After 17 fruitless years in Afghanistan &  elsewhere the US Military needs to Rethink

“Infinity War?” After 17 fruitless years in Afghanistan & elsewhere the US Military needs to Rethink

Decades of military adventurism have come at a great cost

Arnold R. Isaacs

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Netanyahu: Don’t look here where we’re shooting children, look over there at Iran

Netanyahu: Don’t look here where we’re shooting children, look over there at Iran

Israel PM’s new dossier against Iran is just old news but the danger is that gullible Trump will be swayed into war on Iran

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Why is Israel Summarily Expelling Tens of Thousands of African Refugees?

Why is Israel Summarily Expelling Tens of Thousands of African Refugees?

Last November Israel announced that it had arranged to relocate 38,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugee claimants to an African nation

Howard Adelman

Israel/ Palestine
Saudi Crown Prince to Palestinians: Accept US/Israeli Apartheid Plan or Shut up

Saudi Crown Prince to Palestinians: Accept US/Israeli Apartheid Plan or Shut up

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly stated that Palestinian leadership would have no choice but to accept Donald Trump’s ‘peace’ proposal

Maan News Agency

Climate Change
Scientists tackle melting Antarctic Glacier that could raise sea Level 2 Feet

Scientists tackle melting Antarctic Glacier that could raise sea Level 2 Feet

“The collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could significantly affect global sea levels,” the NERC said in a statement

AFP

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Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?

Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?

According to a State Department leak to the New York Times, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, when he was in Riyadh on Saturday, pressured the […]

Juan Cole

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