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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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Britain, Balfour, and 100 years of cultural repression of Palestinians (Part I)

Britain, Balfour, and 100 years of cultural repression of Palestinians (Part I)

By Aimee Shalan | Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – If Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour passes over the perimeter of her home’s driveway […]

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Iraq
Payback Time: Mosul Militias Backstabbed By ISIL Plot Revenge

Payback Time: Mosul Militias Backstabbed By ISIL Plot Revenge

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – It’s not only the Iraqi army gunning for the Islamic State in Mosul. The extremists’ […]

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Turkish Gov't arrests 15 Opposition MPs in Further Descent into Dictatorship

Turkish Gov’t arrests 15 Opposition MPs in Further Descent into Dictatorship

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Turkish government has detained 11 members of parliament from the leftist, feminist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ […]

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National Security State
How we gave up the Freedoms the Greatest Generation Fought & Died For

How we gave up the Freedoms the Greatest Generation Fought & Died For

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – To say that this is the election from hell is to insult hell. There’s been nothing like […]

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Far Right
The Trump Golem Runs Amok

The Trump Golem Runs Amok

By Shalom Goldman | ( Patheos.com ) | – – A year ago, as U.S citizens of both political parties were developing a fascination with […]

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Arab Americans
Are Arabs White?

Are Arabs White?

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Vidoe Report) | – – “White” – without the privilege. Arab-Americans are ready to check their own box on the U.S. […]

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Democratic Party
Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?

Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?

By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The U.S. presidential election continues to grind agonizingly to its conclusion. Maybe you haven’t noticed, […]

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Culture
Hasan Minhaj on New Brown America and His Superpowers

Hasan Minhaj on New Brown America and His Superpowers

Hari Kondabolu and W. Kamau Bell interview Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj on their podcast Politically Re-Active.

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Authoritarianism
Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?

Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When I trained as a lifeguard they warned us that you have to be very careful […]

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