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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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Smoking Gun: Did the Russians admit to Interference in the US Election?

Smoking Gun: Did the Russians admit to Interference in the US Election?

By Don Van Atta | (Informed Comment) | – – A little-noticed Russian diplomatic approach to the US on 17 July amounted to an official […]

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Toward a Federal United States of Israel & Palestine?

Toward a Federal United States of Israel & Palestine?

By David Gerald Fincham They say that the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict is dead. Good. Partition was never the right way out of […]

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When Will America’s Wars have their Harvey Weinstein Moment?

By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – What makes a Harvey Weinstein moment? The now-disgraced Hollywood mogul is hardly the first powerful man […]

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Why Aren't Americans Celebrating fall of ISIL State?  It is a bogeyman

Why Aren’t Americans Celebrating fall of ISIL State? It is a bogeyman

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Other people are celebrating the defeat of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on the battlefield and its destruction […]

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Saudi Blockade depriving Yemen Civilians of Food, Hospitals--UN should Sanction Riyadh (HRW)

Saudi Blockade depriving Yemen Civilians of Food, Hospitals–UN should Sanction Riyadh (HRW)

Human rights Watch | – – The Saudi-led coalition’s broad restrictions on aid and essential goods to Yemen’s civilian population are worsening the country’s humanitarian […]

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The Rapture of Dominionists: Now Evangelicals are Dictating US Mideast Policy

The Rapture of Dominionists: Now Evangelicals are Dictating US Mideast Policy

By Julie Ingersoll | (The Conversation) | – – President Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 6 that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Photos: Israeli police use force to break up protest in East Jerusalem

In Photos: Israeli police use force to break up protest in East Jerusalem

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli police on Saturday entered occupied East Jerusalem on foot and on horseback, and suppressed a […]

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Massive worldwide Rallies Condemn US, Courtesy Trump Jerusalem Call

Massive worldwide Rallies Condemn US, Courtesy Trump Jerusalem Call

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Ayat Ahmad reports for Elbalad (Beirut, liberal) that Friday saw huge, angry demonstrations against the United […]

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Saudi Crown Prince splashed $450 mn on Jesus painting

Saudi Crown Prince splashed $450 mn on Jesus painting

Middle East Monitor | – – Mystery over the secret buyer of a record $450.3 million painting was solved after it was discovered that Saudi […]

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