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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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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated […]

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Why Trump's nominee for envoy to Israel is Setting off Alarm Bells

Why Trump’s nominee for envoy to Israel is Setting off Alarm Bells

By Mitchell Plitnick | Foreign Policy in Focus | Originally published in Lobelog | – – David Friedman’s approach to the issue of peace is […]

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How Human Carbon emissions created Arctic’s balmy Frankenweather

Andrew King | (The Conversation) | – – For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of […]

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President Big Brother: 1984 is 32 Years Late

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Can you doubt that we’re in a dystopian age, even if we’re still four weeks […]

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Trump blames Muslim immigrants for Turkey, Berlin Violence

Trump blames Muslim immigrants for Turkey, Berlin Violence

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey by a member of the Ankara police […]

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EPA: Climate Impacts in the Northeast

Mirrored from The EPA Overview The Northeast is home to historic cities and large rural areas that serve as important natural habitats and agricultural lands. […]

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Trump's Normalization of White Supremacy:  Will Richard Spencer Sit in Congress?

Trump’s Normalization of White Supremacy: Will Richard Spencer Sit in Congress?

The white supremacist revealed this week he is considering running for the Montana Congressional seat. With an incoming presidency that was embroiled in charges of […]

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Stifling the debate on Israel

Stifling the debate on Israel

By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – The British government of Theresa May officially adopted on Dec. 12 a new definition of […]

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America's Rigged Casino of Wealth and Power:  Trump's New Gilded Age

America’s Rigged Casino of Wealth and Power: Trump’s New Gilded Age

By Sam Pizzigati | ( Inequality.org In the years right after World War II, average Americans got ahead. Now Americans are getting headaches — from […]

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