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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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Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan's Crackdown with cries of "Dictator!"

Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan’s Crackdown with cries of “Dictator!”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s firing of some 50,000 people, including educators, bureaucrats, police and military personnel, […]

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Free Syrian Army
US to 'Reconsider' Backing for Syrian Rebels After Boy Beheaded

US to ‘Reconsider’ Backing for Syrian Rebels After Boy Beheaded

TeleSur | – – The killers claim to be fighters om a rebel group that has received both financial and arms support from the United […]

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Secret Service Investigating Trump Advisor who Wants Hillary Clinton Shot for Treason

Secret Service Investigating Trump Advisor who Wants Hillary Clinton Shot for Treason

Wochit News | (Video News Report) | – – “During a radio interview this week. New Hampshire Representative Al Baldasaro, a Trump delegate who reportedly […]

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Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The scandal over Melania Trump’s stealing Michelle Obama’s lines for her convention speech should make us […]

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Internet
Iranian Hardliners Want to Stop Blocking Twitter — to Defeat Saudi Propaganda

Iranian Hardliners Want to Stop Blocking Twitter — to Defeat Saudi Propaganda

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – A group of Iranian government hardliners, who typically stand at the forefront of policies curtailing freedom […]

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Authoritarianism
WikiLeaks Release 300K Emails Related to Turkey’s ruling Party

WikiLeaks Release 300K Emails Related to Turkey’s ruling Party

TeleSur | – – The group leaked the documents despite being under a major cyber attack for more than 24 hours by suspected allies of […]

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Rep. Steve King, White People and 'Civilization'

Rep. Steve King, White People and ‘Civilization’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rep. Steve King objected to a comment during a cable news discussion at MSNBC that this […]

Juan Cole

Plutocracy
GOP Convention Opens in City Pillaged by Its Policies

GOP Convention Opens in City Pillaged by Its Policies

TeleSur | – – Cleveland, once called the Mistake on the Lake, hosts nominating convention of the political party that authored its downfall Just a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli opposition leader warns of ‘uprising of hatred’ in Israel

Israeli opposition leader warns of ‘uprising of hatred’ in Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog warned of what he called “growing hatred and racism” in Israel […]

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