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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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GOP Divided on Whether to Support Cliven Bundy's "Negro" Remarks

GOP Divided on Whether to Support Cliven Bundy’s “Negro” Remarks

Cliven Bundy wonders if blacks were ‘better off as slaves’: Republican supporters start fleeing (via The Moderate Voice) More responsible Republicans are now starting to […]

Juan Cole

Islam
The Coming Holy War over al-Aqsa Mosque/ Temple Mount in Jerusalem

The Coming Holy War over al-Aqsa Mosque/ Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Events of the past week in Jerusalem are extremely troubling, and indeed for the past four months. The al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site […]

Juan Cole

Asia
Is Obama right that America's Future is in Asia, not the Middle East?

Is Obama right that America’s Future is in Asia, not the Middle East?

(by Juan Cole) Barack Obama, brought up in Hawaii and having lived as a child in Indonesia, is the first Pacific president, and his current […]

Juan Cole

Internet
FCC Plots Murder of Blogs on Behalf of Billionaire Media Lords

FCC Plots Murder of Blogs on Behalf of Billionaire Media Lords

Breaking: FCC Will Announce the Death of Net Neutrality Tomorrow (via Americans Against The Tea Party) If you thought corporations played a big role in […]

Juan Cole

Crime
GOP:  Giving CDC money to study Gun Violence would be "Funding Propaganda"

GOP: Giving CDC money to study Gun Violence would be “Funding Propaganda”

(By Lois Beckett via ProPublica). After the Sandy Hook school shooting, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) was one of a few congressional Republicans who expressed a […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Can Afghanistan's Vibrant Democratic Press Survive?

Can Afghanistan’s Vibrant Democratic Press Survive?

(By Olof Blomqvist) The presidential election has shown Afghanistan’s increasingly mature media scene at its best – hopefully not for the last time. Afghanistan’s vibrant […]

Juan Cole

Politics
IRS Targeted Liberal Groups More Than Tea Party: Newly Released Records

IRS Targeted Liberal Groups More Than Tea Party: Newly Released Records

Think Progress obtained a series of IRS documents via the Freedom of Information Act that contradict Republican claims that the IRS targeted only conservative Tea Party groups for scrutiny because of their political beliefs. The 22 “Be On the Look…

Juan Cole

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Israel, US Complain about not being able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

Israel, US Complain about not being able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

(By Juan Cole) This week the Fateh Party (secular Arab nationalist) of Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas met in Gaza with members of the Hamas Party […]

Juan Cole

Israel
The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors

The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors

(By Sarah Lazare) The New York Times made a rare admission that it submits to Israeli state gag orders, fueling charges from critics that the […]

Juan Cole

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