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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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Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?

Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – My nephew, an Army veteran who spent most of his 20 plus years military service as […]

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Employment
Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

TeleSur | – – Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures […]

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Environment
EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

Middle East Monitor | – – The stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea could burn for as long as one month, South […]

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Climate Change
Take That! NYC pulls $5 bn from Big Oil, Sues Majors for Climate Damage

Take That! NYC pulls $5 bn from Big Oil, Sues Majors for Climate Damage

Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – “We are taking the largest action by any city to confront the growing climate […]

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Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei: Trump Unbalanced, Playing Crazy Games, but Iran policy will Fail

Iran’s Khamenei: Trump Unbalanced, Playing Crazy Games, but Iran policy will Fail

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s clerical leader, Ali Khamenei, gave a speech in Qom on Tuesday, in which he warned […]

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Neo-Nazi Game of Thrones: Bannon forced out at Breitbart

Neo-Nazi Game of Thrones: Bannon forced out at Breitbart

TeleSur | – – Steve Bannon resigned as chief executive of Breitbart News, the right-leaning website said on Tuesday The resignation occurred after the former […]

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Corruption
Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar:  Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club

Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar: Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club

Middle East Monitor | – – A recording emerged yesterday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair boasting that his father had set up […]

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National Security State
From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less with More

From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less with More

By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – At around 11 o’clock that night, four Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talons, turboprop Special Operations aircraft, were […]

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“Do Kids die, Mom?” Facing the Future With Trepidation in the Age of Trump

“Do Kids die, Mom?” Facing the Future With Trepidation in the Age of Trump

Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – As a mother and an activist, here’s what I’ve concluded as 2018 begins: it’s getting harder and […]

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