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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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Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged the Arab League to help the Palestinian Authority to sue […]

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Arab Americans
Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

By Daniella Cheslow | ( RFE/RL) | – – PATERSON, New Jersey — The president of the largest mosque in northern New Jersey says Donald […]

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Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel

Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Egyptian news site the Arab Observer Network reports that the visit to Israel of a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Lieberman: Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish's Verse is ‘Mein Kampf’

Lieberman: Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish’s Verse is ‘Mein Kampf’

By IMEMC News | – – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has compared the broadcast of poetry by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish on Israeli radio […]

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Guns
Our American Crimes against the Future

Our American Crimes against the Future

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I recently dug my mother’s childhood photo album out of the depths of my bedroom closet. […]

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Corruption
Disgraced Wasserman Schultz Resigns as DNC Chair, Gets Hired by Clinton

Disgraced Wasserman Schultz Resigns as DNC Chair, Gets Hired by Clinton

By TeleSur | – – Her resignation came hours after Bernie Sanders called on her to step down after emails showed how biased she was […]

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Islamophobia Kills:  German Munich shooter admired Breivik, Killed Turks

Islamophobia Kills: German Munich shooter admired Breivik, Killed Turks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The shooter at a Munich mall last week who killed 9 and left 27 wounded was […]

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Climate Change
Maybe Oil was a bad Idea: Temps in Mideast Beat Heat Records for E. Hemisphere

Maybe Oil was a bad Idea: Temps in Mideast Beat Heat Records for E. Hemisphere

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | Commondreams.org ) – – “I’ve never seen Celsius temps like these on a weather map before,” climate scientist Michael […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli squatters fire on, threaten Palestinians on their private land

Israeli squatters fire on, threaten Palestinians on their private land

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers verbally attacked Palestinian residents of the town of al-Khader in the southern occupied West […]

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