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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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In defiance of UN, Israel reportedly set to approve thousands of settler units

In defiance of UN, Israel reportedly set to approve thousands of settler units

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Days after the UN Security Council approved a resolution affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements in […]

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Assyrians
Wealthy Baghdad Muslim raised 85' tall Christmas Tree in Solidarity

Wealthy Baghdad Muslim raised 85′ tall Christmas Tree in Solidarity

NewsBeat Social | (Video News report) | – – “A Muslim businessman in Iraq put up an 85-foot-tall Christmas tree in Baghdad to show solidarity […]

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Donald Trump
Remember when Dems were blasted for Class War?  Meet Trump's Cabinet

Remember when Dems were blasted for Class War? Meet Trump’s Cabinet

By Sam Pizzigati | ( Institute for Policy Studies) | – – Donald Trump and the business kingpins populating his inner circle want to slice […]

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Top Five ways Jesus was not White

Top Five ways Jesus was not White

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Given the alarming rise of white nationalism in the United States and the ways in which […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Officials on UNSC Members' Resolution:   Now let them Implement it

Palestinian Officials on UNSC Members’ Resolution: Now let them Implement it

Via IMEMC | (PNN) | – – (PNN) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the adoption of a new United Nations Security Council resolution […]

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Why the UN Resolution on Israeli Squatting didn’t Go Far Enough

Why the UN Resolution on Israeli Squatting didn’t Go Far Enough

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Nations Security Council on Friday passed a resolution with 14 member states in favor […]

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'Post-Truth' or 'Xenophobia' or . . . What word sums up Horrible 2016?

‘Post-Truth’ or ‘Xenophobia’ or . . . What word sums up Horrible 2016?

By Philip Seargeant | (The Conversation) | – – Every December, lexicographers around the world choose their “words of the year”, and this year, perhaps […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces suppress Bethlehem’s ‘Santa Claus march’ with tear gas, rubber bullets

Israeli forces suppress Bethlehem’s ‘Santa Claus march’ with tear gas, rubber bullets

By Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Friday suppressed Bethlehem’s “Santa Claus March,” shooting tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets […]

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Barack Obama
Obama dismantles Bush Muslim Registry to make Trump start from Scratch

Obama dismantles Bush Muslim Registry to make Trump start from Scratch

By TeleSur | – – Activists say Thursday’s announcement of the dismantling of the notorious NSEERS program is a key victory in the fight against […]

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