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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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Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh:  How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar

Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh: How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar

VICE News | (Video report) | – – “Islamic State (IS) fighters swept into the Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014, forcing Kurdish peshmerga […]

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Against Trump: 9/11 Muslim Candlelight vigils Sympathizing with US

Against Trump: 9/11 Muslim Candlelight vigils Sympathizing with US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The meme that Muslims celebrated the attacks of 9/11 has always been mostly a piece of […]

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8,855 Murders by Firearm in US in 2012 vs.  30  (Equiv. 164) in UK

8,855 Murders by Firearm in US in 2012 vs. 30 (Equiv. 164) in UK

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reprint edn. The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to […]

Juan Cole

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'Very Soon' US forces will Arrive in Syria; Russia bombs near Turkey

‘Very Soon’ US forces will Arrive in Syria; Russia bombs near Turkey

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s government is very unhappy today about developments in Syria. President Obama’s special envoy, Brett McGurk, […]

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Islam-hatred
Muslims Respond To Trump Muslim ID Card Idea With #MuslimID

Muslims Respond To Trump Muslim ID Card Idea With #MuslimID

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump suggested Muslim ID cards, resulting in backlash which has yet to deter the 2016 Republican Presidential […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli protesters demand separate roads for Palestinians, Israelis

Israeli protesters demand separate roads for Palestinians, Israelis

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israelis protested in front of an Israeli government building in Jerusalem on Sunday, demanding […]

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China
Dragon v. Eagle:  China & the US compete for Eurasia

Dragon v. Eagle: China & the US compete for Eurasia

By Pepe Escobar | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – – The U.S. is transfixed by its multibillion-dollar electoral circus. The European Union is paralyzed by austerity, […]

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Far Right
“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)

“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol | Jamiol’s World | – – Via Jamiol’s World

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Immigration
“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”

“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps no words more beautifully define who we are as a people than those etched […]

Juan Cole

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