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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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Buddhism
Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

TeleSur | – – An estimate from Doctors Without Borders shows that at least 6,700 refugees have been killed during the first month of militarized […]

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Donald Trump
Global Spec Ops in Trump’s Pentagon: Elite Commandos in record 149 Countries

Global Spec Ops in Trump’s Pentagon: Elite Commandos in record 149 Countries

By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world, militarily, and what we’re doing,” said […]

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Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker

Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Organization of the Islamic Conference, a regular meeting of the foreign ministers of 57 Muslim-majority […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade

Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade

Middle East Monitor | – – Yemen, ravaged by war, hunger and disease, is seeing a spike in diphtheria cases that will inevitably erupt into […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom

By Pierce Gootee | (TeleSur) | – – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, in recent months, tightened their blockade on the war-ravaged country of […]

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Green Energy
“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal

“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal

By Frank Rijsberman | (Inter Press Service) | – – SEOUL, Dec 13 2017 (IPS) – Renewable energy became the cheapest form of electricity in […]

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Christianity
What's the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist?  A Cowboy Hat

What’s the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist? A Cowboy Hat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Both Christianity and Islam as religions comprise large numbers of people and contain a spectrum of […]

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Afghanistan
The Unlikely Industry Empowering Women in Afghanistan

The Unlikely Industry Empowering Women in Afghanistan

By Ruchi Kumar | (Yes! Magazine) | = = In this deeply conservative society, these women are busting stereotypes every day. The typical depiction of […]

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art and photography
Saudi Prince who Bought da Vinci Painting could have given Sight to 9 Million Instead

Saudi Prince who Bought da Vinci Painting could have given Sight to 9 Million Instead

By Peter Singer | (Project Syndicate) | – – A Saudi prince has been revealed to be the buyer of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” […]

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