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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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Nice, France, Attack:  A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers

Nice, France, Attack: A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has extended the French state of emergency, which suspends key civil […]

Juan Cole

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Kerry Proposing Joint US-Russian Airstrikes against Extremists in Syria

Kerry Proposing Joint US-Russian Airstrikes against Extremists in Syria

TeleSur | – – According to a leaked U.S. plan, Washington and Moscow would merge their respective air campaigns against non-state armed groups in Syria. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Report: Israeli forces torch olive trees on private Palestinian land

Report: Israeli forces torch olive trees on private Palestinian land

Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have reportedly torched 10 dunams (2.5 acres) of land planted with olive trees south […]

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Bill of Rights
Can Americans get back their Democracy from the Oligarchy?

Can Americans get back their Democracy from the Oligarchy?

By John Scales Avery | (Inter Press Service) | – – COPENHAGEN, (IPS) – As many observers around the world have pointed out, the United […]

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A Story of Two Syrian Sieges: Manbij and East Aleppo

A Story of Two Syrian Sieges: Manbij and East Aleppo

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The relatively even-handed Arabic newspaper Oman reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces (a mixed Kurdish and […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iranian Fighters in Syria Hailed as Martyrs, Shrine-Defenders by Hard Liners

Iranian Fighters in Syria Hailed as Martyrs, Shrine-Defenders by Hard Liners

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) | – – In late May, Iranian state and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officials turned out in force at […]

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Turkey
Gaza: Turkey to Build Seawater Desalination Plant

Gaza: Turkey to Build Seawater Desalination Plant

By IMEMC | – – The Turkish Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs announced, Tuesday, that Turkey is to establish a seawater desalination plant to […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Is Turkey making a 180° Turn, warming to al-Assad & abandoning Saudi & Rebels?

Is Turkey making a 180° Turn, warming to al-Assad & abandoning Saudi & Rebels?

TeleSur | – – The two countries had been allies before the 2011 uprising in Syria. Turkey is seeking to normalize relations with its neighbor […]

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Militarization
Has the US Military become a B Movie Alien for the rest of the World?

Has the US Military become a B Movie Alien for the rest of the World?

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Perhaps you’ve heard the expression: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” […]

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