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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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Trump's 1984:  Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | – – “If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for […]

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Climate Change
Human-Caused Climate Change is Human-Caused Genocide

Human-Caused Climate Change is Human-Caused Genocide

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Not since World War II have more human beings been at risk from disease and […]

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Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?

Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?

By Manon Flausch | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Samuel White | – – “Poverty and insecurity can be factors in radicalisation.” [Manon Flausch] From South […]

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Donald Trump
Top 5 Ways Bill O'Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America

Top 5 Ways Bill O’Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bill O’Reilly is off the airwaves, but it doesn’t really matter. The despicable strategy of presslord […]

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Climate Change
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)

Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)

Vox/ UCLA | (Video News Clip) | – – “The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. This is […]

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Donald Trump
Is Trump Taking Us to War Everywhere?

Is Trump Taking Us to War Everywhere?

By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | – – No one expected Trump to be a peace president, but he seems bent on taking us to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians decry Israeli Double Standard over NYT Op-ed

Palestinians decry Israeli Double Standard over NYT Op-ed

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Activists and commentators have denounced the dishonesty of Israeli criticism of The New York Times for […]

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Internet
Now Iraqi Elections are infected by Facebook, Twitter Fake News

Now Iraqi Elections are infected by Facebook, Twitter Fake News

Mustafa Habib. | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – The latest trend in politics in Iraq involves the creation of seemingly innocuous Facebook pages, that […]

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Africa
The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon

The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Demographically, the 21st century will be the Muslim Century, as the Pew Research Center on Religion […]

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