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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

BY Richard Penaskovic | – Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, […]

The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

10/05/2025 By H. Patricia Hynes

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

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Israel/ Palestine
Messianic Israeli Minister obsessed with Palestinian Land accuses Kerry of Messianic Obsession

Messianic Israeli Minister obsessed with Palestinian Land accuses Kerry of Messianic Obsession

(By AFP) US slams Israeli defense minister attack on Kerry (via AFP) A senior US official on Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to […]

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Afghanistan
Colbert:  Christie Bridgegate a diversion from Obama’s Afghanistan War

Colbert: Christie Bridgegate a diversion from Obama’s Afghanistan War

Stephen Colbert reports on Robert Gates’s criticisms of President Obama, noting that Gates said he though Obama made the right decisions, but was beset by […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Take Control of your Internet Privacy

Take Control of your Internet Privacy

(By Julia Angwin) In the course of writing her book, Dragnet Nation, ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin tried various strategies to protect her privacy. In this […]

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Climate Change
Giant Rhubarb Battery may save the World (Really!)

Giant Rhubarb Battery may save the World (Really!)

(By Tina Casey) Hook Up Your Solar Panels To A Giant Rhubarb Battery (via Clean Technica) Yes, all you rhubarb fans take note. A new […]

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censorship
The Ruling that Endangers the Internet as we Know It

The Ruling that Endangers the Internet as we Know It

(By Juan Cole) A Washington D.C. federal panel has struck down the Federal Communication Commission position on net neutrality, threatening the corporatization of the internet. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
3 Years after Democratic Revolution, Egypt Decides it Prefers North Korean Model

3 Years after Democratic Revolution, Egypt Decides it Prefers North Korean Model

(By Juan Cole) The title of this piece is provocative and a little tongue in cheek. Were I in Egypt as I publish it, I’m […]

Juan Cole

Israel should reach out to separatist Syrian Kurds

Israel should reach out to separatist Syrian Kurds

Israel should consider the Kurdish achievement of establishing an autonomous region in Syria and reach out to those groups which fight extremist Islamic powers in […]

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Iran
Dubai Calls for End to Iran Sanctions, Says no Nuclear Threat

Dubai Calls for End to Iran Sanctions, Says no Nuclear Threat

(By Juan Cole) Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum of Dubai has called in a BBC interview for an end to economic sanctions on Iran if the civilian […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
NSA Bulk Surveillance has had no Impact on Fighting Terrorism

NSA Bulk Surveillance has had no Impact on Fighting Terrorism

(By Jon Queally) An in-depth analysis of 227 individuals recruited by al Qaida or like-minded groups, and charged in the U.S. with an act of […]

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