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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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Displaced and Refugees
Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany

Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a campaign event on Wednesday evening, that there is no […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told

Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told

By Peter Hopkins | (The Conversation) | – – Rio 2016 is proving not just to be a platform for sporting prowess, it is also […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza power plant runs out of fuel amid longstanding electricity crisis

Gaza power plant runs out of fuel amid longstanding electricity crisis

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an)– The besieged Gaza Strip’s only power plant announced on Thursday that it was unable to operate on […]

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Syria
The Haunting Image of a Syrian Boy Who’s Only Known War

The Haunting Image of a Syrian Boy Who’s Only Known War

TeleSur | – – The image is haunting: A boy sits silent and stone-still in an ambulance, hands resting in his lap, his feet dangling […]

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Democratic Party
Sanders: Aetna's Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like

Sanders: Aetna’s Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like

By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Aetna threatened federal government with withdrawal from Affordable Care Act if controversial merger didn’t go […]

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Saudi Arabia
Economic Damage from Civil War Costs poverty-stricken Yemen $14 Billion

Economic Damage from Civil War Costs poverty-stricken Yemen $14 Billion

TeleSur | – – The civil war in Yemen has caused a humanitarian disaster. The cost from damage to infrastructure and economic losses in Yemen’s […]

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Central Asia
Dragon Rising?  China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria

Dragon Rising? China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria

By Juan Cole | Informed Comment | – – The Arabic press is reporting that a high Chinese official on a visit to Damascus has […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis raze homes near Hebron, Bethlehem, Palestine, leaving 70 Palestinians homeless

Israelis raze homes near Hebron, Bethlehem, Palestine, leaving 70 Palestinians homeless

Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — More than 50 Palestinians of the same extended family, including several children, were left homeless Tuesday […]

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Does this Change Everything?  Russia's first strikes on Syria from Iran Airbases

Does this Change Everything? Russia’s first strikes on Syria from Iran Airbases

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian bombers for the first time have taken off from bases in Iran to carry out […]

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