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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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Sell that Oil Stock!  Electric Cars are Here

Sell that Oil Stock! Electric Cars are Here

The Tree | – – As fossil fuels fight loud and clumsy battles for continued dominance in countries such as the US, UK, and Australia, […]

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Republican Party
Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed

Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed

By Michele Gilman | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump touts that as president he would be good for American workers. Although many of […]

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Democratic Party
Emails and Groping:  Our Halloween Election keeps Scaring us to Death

Emails and Groping: Our Halloween Election keeps Scaring us to Death

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All Hallow’s Eve, contracted now to Halloween, became conflated with the Scottish and Irish pagan Samhain, […]

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Islam
“The Meaning of Peace in the Quran” – Juan Cole @ PBS

“The Meaning of Peace in the Quran” – Juan Cole @ PBS

Juan Cole | PBS | Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (Video Interview) | – – Via Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PBS On my new book, Muhammad: […]

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Islam-hatred
US Veterans' Biggest Battle:  Challenging Islamophobia

US Veterans’ Biggest Battle: Challenging Islamophobia

By Nate Terani | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I’m not an immigrant, but my grandparents are. More than 50 years ago, they arrived […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Another Saudi War Crime in Yemen as 43 Prisoners dead in Airstrike

Another Saudi War Crime in Yemen as 43 Prisoners dead in Airstrike

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi airstrikes targeting a judiciary building in al-Hudayda, a port on the western coast of Yemen […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli squatter saboteurs cut down 18 Palestinian trees near Bethlehem

Israeli squatter saboteurs cut down 18 Palestinian trees near Bethlehem

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Saturday morning cut down 18 olive trees belonging to a Palestinian family in […]

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racism
Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos

Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos

By Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr. | (ProPublica) | – – Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children

Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – . . . “There’s no question that, in the worst case, Mosul will represent the […]

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