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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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Fascism’s return and Trump’s war on youth

Fascism’s return and Trump’s war on youth

By Henry Giroux | (The Conversation) | – – Fascism is all too often relegated to the history books. The word conjures up a period […]

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The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq's Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?

The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for Iraq’s Shiite militias to come under control of the […]

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The GOP Tax Plan Will Complete the Destruction of America’s Middle Class Wealth

The GOP Tax Plan Will Complete the Destruction of America’s Middle Class Wealth

By Bob Lord | ( Inequality.org ) | – – In fact, if the GOP tax plan becomes law, we may be looking at a […]

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Why Arabs And Muslims Aren't Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism  (Video)

Why Arabs And Muslims Aren’t Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism (Video)

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “From Aladdin to Bodak Yellow, the media is obsessed with portraying Arabs and Muslims as exotic and mysterious. […]

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Donald Trump
Our Pyromaniac President in a Flammable World

Our Pyromaniac President in a Flammable World

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – “I’ve just heard that my family home near Carpenteria is literally in flames at this moment,” a friend told me […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Turkey to defy Trump, open Embassy to Palestine in E. Jerusalem

Turkey to defy Trump, open Embassy to Palestine in E. Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at […]

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Puerto Rico: On top of Everything Else, GOP Tax Bill is Racist

Puerto Rico: On top of Everything Else, GOP Tax Bill is Racist

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, sent a letter to all the members of Congress yesterday, […]

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Solar & Wind: How free electricity would change the world (Economist Video)

Solar & Wind: How free electricity would change the world (Economist Video)

The Economist | (Video News Report) | – – “magine if heating and powering homes became free in the next decade. What would that mean […]

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Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls

Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls

Human Rights Watch | – – Amendments Would Have Instated Discriminatory Laws on Family Matters (Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament has rejected proposed amendments to Iraq’s […]

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