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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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In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A general strike was held across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday, as […]

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Bush
Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in "Independence Day"

Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in “Independence Day”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – “They’re like locusts. They’re moving from planet to planet, their entire civilization. Once they consume every […]

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Algeria
Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Jessica Northey | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Marine Le Pen’s declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France’s […]

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Donald Trump
Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | – – The progressive vision for America — to make life better for all families, not just […]

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Climate Change
Climate March:  Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | – – If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. – Thich […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Sanctuary Threat Quashed by Court - Is anything he does Constitutional?

Trump Sanctuary Threat Quashed by Court – Is anything he does Constitutional?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US district judge William Orrick responded to a lawsuit by the county of San Francisco and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today

Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today

By Andrea Williams | (The Conversation) | – – The Syrian Civil War has been raging for six years. It has killed nearly half a […]

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Corruption
Do Illegal Flynn Russia-Turkey Payments Implicate Trump White House?

Do Illegal Flynn Russia-Turkey Payments Implicate Trump White House?

Al Jazeera English | (Video News Clip) | – – “Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, may have broken the law by not disclosing payments […]

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Middle East
Refugees, Militias, Sectarianism: Middle East Engulfed by a ‘Perfect Storm’

Refugees, Militias, Sectarianism: Middle East Engulfed by a ‘Perfect Storm’

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – A perfect storm has engulfed the Middle East, and continues to threaten […]

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