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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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Israel/ Palestine
The Struggle Of Palestinian Olive Farmers Under Israeli Occupation

The Struggle Of Palestinian Olive Farmers Under Israeli Occupation

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “These Palestinians can only access their land for a couple of days per year. This is how […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Civilians in both Aleppos are Hurting

Civilians in both Aleppos are Hurting

By Hadeel al-Shalchi | (Human Rights Watch) | – – The small child cries hysterically on the hospital bed, covered in dust and blood. The […]

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African-Americans
Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with 'Vote Trump'

Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’

TeleSur | – – Hopewell Baptist Church is damaged by fire and graffiti in Greenville, Mississippi, U.S., Nov. 2, 2016. An online fundraising campaign was […]

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War within War - Iraqi PM: We don't want to fight Turkey but we're Ready

War within War – Iraqi PM: We don’t want to fight Turkey but we’re Ready

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – AFP Arabic reports that Iraqi PM Haydar al-Abadi said Tuesday that “We do not want a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza

Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza

By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Nov 1 2016 (IPS) – A few weeks ago, the US government agreed to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Colonizing the Dead:   Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

Colonizing the Dead: Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Nature and Parks Authority forces demolished several graves inside a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East […]

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Investment
If he wins:  The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession

If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession

By Simon Johnson | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of […]

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Hizbullah's Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise

Hizbullah’s Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lebanon finally has a president, Michel Aoun. In accordance with the country’s national pact, he is […]

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Iraq
Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods

Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods

By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Several Sunni Muslim families were forced out of their mainly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood in Baghdad […]

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