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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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Displaced and Refugees
Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some half of US governors have announced their opposition to their states taking in Syrian refugees […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Whether Jewish Refugees in '30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals

Whether Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reprint ed., slightly revised. More than half of US governors have abruptly announced that they will […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
After Paris, Rights Groups warn against Police State Tactics

After Paris, Rights Groups warn against Police State Tactics

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – ‘Whilst closed oppressive societies breed hatred and barbarism, open reflective states built on rights, freedoms […]

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Islam-hatred
Trump: We Should Strongly Consider Closing Mosques

Trump: We Should Strongly Consider Closing Mosques

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Who’s going to step in after Paris to demagogue? Donald Trump of course. He would […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled

Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled

The Tree | – – In the first concrete legal action against ExxonMobil’s web of climate lies, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced […]

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Islam
How Islamic law can take on ISIL

How Islamic law can take on ISIL

By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im | (The Conversation) | – – The media coverage of the terrorist atrocities of Friday November 13 in Paris would seem […]

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Is Daesh/ ISIL a modern Raiding Pirate state?

Is Daesh/ ISIL a modern Raiding Pirate state?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some analysts trying to understand Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) had suggested that it differs from al-Qaeda in […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

By Martha Burk | (Otherwords.org) | – – Can we really take another year of nasty rhetoric and nonsense proposals? We’re officially just under a […]

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National Security State
No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won't Fix the ISIL Problem

No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won’t Fix the ISIL Problem

by DAVID SCHANZER for ISLAMiCommentary David Schanzer Last night’s attacks will increase calls for more vigorous military action than the coalition has mustered to date. […]

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