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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

BY Richard Penaskovic | – Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, […]

“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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When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela

When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela

TeleSur | – – The world remembers Nelson Mandela as the freedom fighter and president who liberated South Africa from apartheid. But many look back […]

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Arab World
Fidel Castro's Top Moments in the Middle East

Fidel Castro’s Top Moments in the Middle East

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fidel Castro is dead at 90. He presided over the only pro-USSR Communist state in the […]

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Trump, Putin, and the new Middle East

Trump, Putin, and the new Middle East

By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – The election of Trump will give second wind to autocrats in the region as well […]

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Displaced and Refugees
WikiLeaks Yemen Files Unmask Washington's Bloody Role

WikiLeaks Yemen Files Unmask Washington’s Bloody Role

TeleSur | – – More than 10,000 – mostly civilians – have been killed and more than 3 million have been displaced in the conflict. […]

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Donald Trump
With Trump, we've all Entered the Dark Dimension of Dormamu

With Trump, we’ve all Entered the Dark Dimension of Dormamu

By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | – – Existentialists contend that humanity has a streak of irrational absurdity that defies logical understanding. The […]

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Is Trump "Pro-Russian?"   How will Russia Fare?  Russians want to Know

Is Trump “Pro-Russian?” How will Russia Fare? Russians want to Know

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Russian op-ed writers are intrigued with Donald Trump, who has spoken of improving relations between […]

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Overheated Arctic:  Climate Change 'Vicious Circle'

Overheated Arctic: Climate Change ‘Vicious Circle’

TeleSur | – – Ice cover at the top of the globe shrank to its smallest area in 2016 —some 4.14 million sq km (1.6 […]

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Israel/ Palestine
World Bank: Only 10 percent of Gazans have access to safe drinking water

World Bank: Only 10 percent of Gazans have access to safe drinking water

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The World Bank denounced the worsening water crisis in the Gaza Strip, calling the situation in […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Raining Bombs:  Mosul Fight hits Trapped Civilians

Raining Bombs: Mosul Fight hits Trapped Civilians

By a Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | – – Inside their homes, a lack of food and water; outside, bombs, snipers and crossfire. […]

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