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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

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SNL Cold Open: Trump as Manchurian Candidate

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NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Satiric Video Clip) “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) receives a surprise visit from Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Rex Tillerson […]

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Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven

Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven

By Jon Queally, staff writer | Commondreams.org | – – Leaked documents show Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State is director of subsidiary based in […]

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Israeli Squatters at Palestine’s Amona accept relocation to other Palestinian-owned Land

Israeli Squatters at Palestine’s Amona accept relocation to other Palestinian-owned Land

Ma’a News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Residents of the illegal settlement outpost of Amona in the central occupied West Bank voted on […]

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Point by Point Response to Likud Party Propaganda

By Jeffrey Rudolph | ( Detailed Political Quizzes ) | – – As Israel’s myriad human rights abuses and contraventions of international law have become […]

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Sorry, Trump, you can't bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much

Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bloomberg released a new report this week with some startling findings about solar energy. To wit: […]

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Low-Carbon 'Eat Local' Movement taking Spain by Storm

Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm

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Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry

Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry

By Sarah Aziza | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – With just over a month to go before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Muslim activists […]

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Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?

Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?

By Ibrahim Saleh | (Baghdad) | Niqash.org | – – Although many Sunni politicians tried to block the passage of a November law that legitimized […]

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Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren't defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians

Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syria was in a better position to attain peace last spring, when a ceasefire had unexpected […]

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