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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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As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) A bombing that killed 3 people and wounded 10 on Saturday outside the US consulate in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, […]

Juan Cole

Iran
If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – ” Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks discusses what would happen if the United States decided to […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Shiite Gov't faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

Iraq: Shiite Gov’t faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Only a few hours after the start of the next big military campaign against the Islamic State […]

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Houthi
Yemen: U.N. calls for Ceasefire, denounces War Crimes

Yemen: U.N. calls for Ceasefire, denounces War Crimes

By Thalif Deen | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United Nations, which is providing humanitarian aid to over 50 million refugees worldwide, is struggling […]

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Energy
Clean Disruption: Why Conventional Energy and Transportation will be Obsolete by 2030

Clean Disruption: Why Conventional Energy and Transportation will be Obsolete by 2030

Tony Seba | “Tony Seba gives the keynote address at the NZ SmartGrid Forum at the Te Papa museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 31, […]

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Dissent
Iraq:  Why it doesn't Matter if Ezzat al-Douri was Killed

Iraq: Why it doesn’t Matter if Ezzat al-Douri was Killed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The currently partly unemployed Iraqi governor of Salahuddin Province, displaced from much of his territory by Daesh (ISIS […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israeli Supreme Court Upholds ‘Anti-Boycott Law’

Israeli Supreme Court Upholds ‘Anti-Boycott Law’

By Sarah Saadoun | (Human Rights Watch) – On Wednesday, Israel’s Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the country’s “anti-boycott law,” which makes it a civil […]

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Human Rights
On 'Prisoners Day,' PLO tells Israel:  Let my People Go

On ‘Prisoners Day,’ PLO tells Israel: Let my People Go

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Friday marked Palestinian Prisoner’s Day by demanding that Israel end its “captivity” of the Palestinian people […]

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Desertification
The Coming Water Wars

The Coming Water Wars

Jo Ankier and John Fenoglio | (TheLipTV) | – “Around 60% more food will be needed to feed the world’s growing population by 2050 and […]

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