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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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Splintering World: Looking Back on the Great Collapse from 2050

Splintering World: Looking Back on the Great Collapse from 2050

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let me start with a confession. I’m old-fashioned and I have an old-fashioned profession. I’m a geo-paleontologist. […]

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Christianity
Syria: Christian Militia to the Rescue as 1000s of Christians flee ISIL approach

Syria: Christian Militia to the Rescue as 1000s of Christians flee ISIL approach

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite Russian airstrikes, Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has made some advances in November. One place it has […]

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Egypt: Free Journalist Hossam Bahgat, Facing Military Prosecution

Egypt: Free Journalist Hossam Bahgat, Facing Military Prosecution

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Hossam Bahgat, a journalist and one of Egypt’s most prominent human rights figures, could be charged […]

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Iraq War
How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL

How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL

By Bryan Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Last week one of the major architects in the construction of the Iraqi WMD myth, […]

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400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can't Go To School In Turkey

400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Even though Syrian refugee children can legally go to school in Turkey, language barriers and economic struggles make […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Approves Plan to ‘Legalize’ Colonial Outposts and Construct 1000s More Units

Israel Approves Plan to ‘Legalize’ Colonial Outposts and Construct 1000s More Units

By Saed Bannoura | (IMEMC News) | – – In yet another decision that violates International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Higher Construction […]

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Republican Party
Can Ben Carson be Commander in Chief if he Lied about West Point?

Can Ben Carson be Commander in Chief if he Lied about West Point?

New York Daily News | (Video News Report) | – – “Ben Carson claims he was a troubled child and violent teenager who once tried […]

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What Obama should tell Netanyahu this Week (But won't)

What Obama should tell Netanyahu this Week (But won’t)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is arriving in Washington, D.C., Monday, and will apparently […]

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GOP Candidates' Clown Car hides Deadly intent to Enrich the Rich

GOP Candidates’ Clown Car hides Deadly intent to Enrich the Rich

By Karen Dolan | (Otherwords.org) | – – The GOP race may be a circus, but the candidates are dead serious about padding the pockets […]

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