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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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Iraq War
A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal:  In Memoriam

A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam

Gwen Ifill/ Juan Cole | (PBS NewsHour) | – – Gwen Ifill, long-time co-anchor of the PBS Newshour, is dead at 61, after a battle […]

Juan Cole

Counter-Terrorism
Real-Life Trolling:  How Provocation Works and How to Respond

Real-Life Trolling: How Provocation Works and How to Respond

By Joshua Cole | ( The Michigan Daily) Yesterday was the anniversary of the attacks in Paris at the Bataclan concert venue and other locations […]

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Democratic Party
Election Postmortem:  Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – – According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Sting & Gandhian anti-Terrorism:  Your Paris vacation can help cripple ISIL

Sting & Gandhian anti-Terrorism: Your Paris vacation can help cripple ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Sting, 65, played a concert at the Bataclan Theater where ISIL terrorists killed 90 innocent people […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately

Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately

TeleSur | – – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump didn’t back down from his hardline stance on immigration Sunday in his first interview since winning the […]

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Donald Trump
Do Trump Insiders' links to Netanyahu, Iranian political Cult, Spell Trouble for Tehran?

Do Trump Insiders’ links to Netanyahu, Iranian political Cult, Spell Trouble for Tehran?

By Arash Aziz | ( Globalvoices.org | – – Among the foreign policy think tanks and pundits of New York and DC, few supported Trump […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to legalize squatter outposts in Palestinian West Bank, hinting at Annexation

Israel to legalize squatter outposts in Palestinian West Bank, hinting at Annexation

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation Sunday evening unanimously approved a law that would retroactively legalize outposts […]

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National Security State
America through the Hell-Gate of Horn

America through the Hell-Gate of Horn

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The one thing you could say about empires is that, at or near their height, they […]

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As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A tsunami of reports about hate crimes directed at minorities are coming in from all over […]

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