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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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The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class

The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class

By Jim Hightower | (Otherwords.org) | – – The middle class was built by movements — and can be rebuilt by movements. Ever since 1776, […]

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Authoritarianism
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov't over demand he surrender Billions

Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov’t over demand he surrender Billions

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor

Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor

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Arab Spring
The Tunisian revolution seven years on

The Tunisian revolution seven years on

By Lakhdar Ghettas | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Seven years after the Tunisian revolution one can dissect four main conflict issues in Tunisia today. A […]

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Donald Trump
Impeachable Offense?  Trump golfs while Hawaiians endure Nuclear Panic

Impeachable Offense? Trump golfs while Hawaiians endure Nuclear Panic

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A false alert was sent out by the state of Hawaii on Saturday to residents’ cell […]

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Donald Trump
Trumpist UK Thugs waving US Flags try to Apprehend London's Muslim Mayor

Trumpist UK Thugs waving US Flags try to Apprehend London’s Muslim Mayor

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – London Mayor Sadiq Khan was about to begin a speech on gender equality to the leftist […]

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Corruption
Trump allegedly Paid $130,000 to Porn Star for Her Silence

Trump allegedly Paid $130,000 to Porn Star for Her Silence

TeleSur | – – The deal was brokered by President Trump’s lawyer with the adult-film actress a month before the 2016 presidential elections. U.S. President […]

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Africa
‘Shithole countries’: Trump uses the rhetoric of dictators

‘Shithole countries’: Trump uses the rhetoric of dictators

By Henry Giroux | (The Conversation) | – – George Orwell warns us in his dystopian novel 1984 that authoritarianism begins with language. In the […]

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Not falling for Phony Sympathy: Iranians on all sides oppose Trump’s policies

Not falling for Phony Sympathy: Iranians on all sides oppose Trump’s policies

By Reese Erlich | (48hills.com) | – – During a recent reporting trip to Iran, I interviewed almost two dozen people at random in both […]

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