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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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When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | – – Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords.org) | – – The White House is creating new problems in Israel-Palestine, but ordinary people can start setting things right. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Russia would accept West Jerusalem as Israeli Capital if Peace Agreement Reached

Russia would accept West Jerusalem as Israeli Capital if Peace Agreement Reached

IMEMC | – – On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that, if a peace agreement between Israeli and Palestinian people could be reached, Russia […]

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Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal

Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday slammed the Trump administration for its strike on Syria, calling […]

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Donald Trump
Disgust as Corporate Media and DC Politicians Gush Over Trump's New War

Disgust as Corporate Media and DC Politicians Gush Over Trump’s New War

By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – According to DC pundits, Trump was a dangerous maniac…until he started bombing?’ “We […]

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Iraq
Even once ISIL is defeated, the problem of Manhunts and Reprisals

Even once ISIL is defeated, the problem of Manhunts and Reprisals

Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | Niqash.org | – – While Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State in west Mosul, intelligence services work in the east, […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US

Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US

By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday night described the deepening Syrian refugee […]

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Trump intervenes in the Great Mideast Civil War in Syria

Trump intervenes in the Great Mideast Civil War in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian Civil War has a domestic, a regional and an international dimension. Domestically, it has […]

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Bill of Rights
Trump Straining to bring back Torture, Indefinite Detention?

Trump Straining to bring back Torture, Indefinite Detention?

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When George W. Bush and Dick Cheney launched their forever wars — under the banner of […]

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