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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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New Normal:  A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

New Normal: A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

Climate Victims – Every Second, One Person Is Displaced by Disaster By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Jul 27 2016 […]

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Israel/ Palestine
B'Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

B’Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

By Ma’an News Agency | – – A Palestinian family stands amid the remains of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in […]

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Can Turkey's Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

Can Turkey’s Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | – – The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has prompted a tsunami of responses by the government […]

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Democratic Party
Top 7 firsts in Women in US Politics

Top 7 firsts in Women in US Politics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As I pointed out, it is all very nice that Hillary Clinton is the first American […]

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Arab World
Arab World's biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

Arab World’s biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

By Brahma Chellaney | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to […]

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Arms Sales
US does 1/2 of all World's Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

US does 1/2 of all World’s Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When American firms dominate a global market worth more than $70 billion a year, you’d expect […]

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Authoritarianism
Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

By Fatma Müge Göçek | (The Conversation) | – – After the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, one of the first actions of the […]

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Democratic Party
The most Left Wing Supreme Court in a Generation?  Sec. Clinton's most important Progressive Prospect

The most Left Wing Supreme Court in a Generation? Sec. Clinton’s most important Progressive Prospect

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Progressives who had backed Bernie Sanders are understandably upset about the prospect of a Clinton presidency. […]

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Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

NJ.com | (News Video Clip) | – – “Comedian and Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage along side of Al Franken to tell […]

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