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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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Is Lt.-Gen. Flynn Right that Islam is not a Religion?

Is Lt.-Gen. Flynn Right that Islam is not a Religion?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The new National Security Adviser to incoming President Donald J. Trump, Lt.-Gen. Michael Flynn, has called […]

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Which of Trump's Cabinet picks is most Racist and Islamophobic?

Which of Trump’s Cabinet picks is most Racist and Islamophobic?

TeleSur | – – The attorney general nominee has made racist statements in the past while his new national security adviser is an Islamophobe. Donald […]

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Woman demeans Christian Assyrian-American as 'Terrorist' for Speaking Jesus' Language

Woman demeans Christian Assyrian-American as ‘Terrorist’ for Speaking Jesus’ Language

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Aramaic was the language spoken by Jesus. Although the New Testament survives in koine Greek, likely […]

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Why Internment of Japanese Americans is an outrageous Model for registering Muslim-Americans

Why Internment of Japanese Americans is an outrageous Model for registering Muslim-Americans

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump adviser Carl Higbie told Megyn Kelly on Fox “News” that the new administration wanted to […]

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The Islamophobic Black-Ops Master who'll Head Trump's National Security Team

The Islamophobic Black-Ops Master who’ll Head Trump’s National Security Team

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – As former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was “one […]

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Lieberman calls on Trump to help  development of Israeli squatter settlements

Lieberman calls on Trump to help development of Israeli squatter settlements

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amid a storm of postulations surrounding what the American President-elect Donald Trump’s policies would look like […]

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16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change

16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Indigenous climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is one of 21 young plaintiffs suing the federal government to demand action […]

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ADL Director Pledges to Sign Up For Muslim Registry

ADL Director Pledges to Sign Up For Muslim Registry

ADL Director Jonathan Greenblatt pledged today that he would sign himself up for a registry of foreign-born Muslims.

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Syria's al-Assad:  Trump "a natural ally"

Syria’s al-Assad: Trump “a natural ally”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In an interview with Portugal television Wednesday, according to al-Hayat, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad said that […]

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