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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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Top 5 Reasons Senate Dems should block all Trump Supreme Court Nominees, Forever

Top 5 Reasons Senate Dems should block all Trump Supreme Court Nominees, Forever

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – We don’t need a Trump-nominated supreme Court justice. We desperately don’t need such a person. And […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Mr. Trump:  Government and War are too Serious to be entrusted to the Generals

Mr. Trump: Government and War are too Serious to be entrusted to the Generals

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – America has always had a love affair with its generals. It started at the […]

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African-Americans
Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered:  Standing Rock was the Opposite

Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite

By David Korten | Yes! Magazine ) | – – We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come […]

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Haredim
Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | – – In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the […]

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Why do they Hate Putin's Freedoms?   Russian Ambassador assassinated in Turkey

Why do they Hate Putin’s Freedoms? Russian Ambassador assassinated in Turkey

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It is not entirely clear why Mevlut Altintas, a young policeman in, ironically, a counter-terrorism unit […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
Jewish Students and Scholars Object to US Bill Banning Criticism of Israel

Jewish Students and Scholars Object to US Bill Banning Criticism of Israel

By IMEMC | – – Jewish scholars and students have released statements urging the US House of Representatives and President Obama to reject the controversial […]

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Climate Change
Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?

Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?

By Robert Percival | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s election has jolted environmentalists and voters who care about conservation. Trump has called for […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Admits to Using Illegal UK Cluster Bombs in Yemen

Saudi Arabia Admits to Using Illegal UK Cluster Bombs in Yemen

TeleSur | – – “If Saudi forces are prepared to use cluster bombs, then why is the U.K. continuing to arm and support the regime?” […]

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Trump's Jerusalem embassy Move an Invitation to Terrorism:  9/11 Provoked in part by Israeli Occupation

Trump’s Jerusalem embassy Move an Invitation to Terrorism: 9/11 Provoked in part by Israeli Occupation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Incoming President Trump has repeatedly pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and he just […]

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