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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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Are the Muslim Khans better Americans than Donald Trump?

Are the Muslim Khans better Americans than Donald Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump lashed out on Saturday against Ghazala and Khizr Khan over their speech Thursday night […]

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Russian & Iranian Press deplore Hillary Clinton Hawkishness; Israelis complain she's Dove

Russian & Iranian Press deplore Hillary Clinton Hawkishness; Israelis complain she’s Dove

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – How is the international press responding to the Democratic National Convention and the formalization of Hillary […]

Juan Cole

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Baghdad facing Invasion of . . . Cockroaches, as Temps reach 122° b/c Climate Change

Baghdad facing Invasion of . . . Cockroaches, as Temps reach 122° b/c Climate Change

Niqash.org | – – Last week Baghdad faced a new threat: A plague of cockroaches, brought out by higher summer temperatures. All sorts of strange […]

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Pollution
Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

TeleSur The accusations mark the second round of charges related to the investigation into the Flint water crisis. Six Michigan state employees were charged Friday […]

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Arab Americans
Muslim-American Parents of KIA Vet to Trump: Here's the Constitution

Muslim-American Parents of KIA Vet to Trump: Here’s the Constitution

ABC 15 Arizona | (Video News Report) | – – “FULL: Khizr Khan son was 1 of 14 American Muslims who died serving – Democratic […]

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When Dems ditched Workers for Professionals, they opened Door for Trump

When Dems ditched Workers for Professionals, they opened Door for Trump

  Adam Barnett/ Thomas Frank | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – The Democrats ditched the working class in favour of a professional elite leaving […]

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al-Qaeda
Top Five Ways to tell if a Terrorist is still al-Qaeda despite name Change

Top Five Ways to tell if a Terrorist is still al-Qaeda despite name Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leftist Beirut newspaper al-Safir comments scathingly on the name-change of the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate, the […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

TeleSur | – – Erdogan’s political purge following the failed coup keeps on going, with the net ever widening. Turkey is shutting down over 100 […]

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Is the French Press Right to stop Printing Pictures, Names of Terrorists?

Is the French Press Right to stop Printing Pictures, Names of Terrorists?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Le Monde is reporting that a number of French newspapers and television channels have decided to […]

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