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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, […]

“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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Africa
Why are Christian Militias never "Christian Extremists"?

Why are Christian Militias never “Christian Extremists”?

(By Juan Cole) The dramatic events in the Central African Republic no doubt seem distant and complex for a North American audience. CAR is geographically […]

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Gaza: 5000 Palestinians evacuated from Flooded Homes, Israeli Blockade Hampers Rescue

Gaza: 5000 Palestinians evacuated from Flooded Homes, Israeli Blockade Hampers Rescue

(By Juan Cole) Several days of unseasonably cold weather and torrential rains have increased the misery in the already miserable Gaza Strip, where 1.7 million […]

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Music
"Hallelujah" cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

“Hallelujah” cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

Emel Mathlouthi covers Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Mathlouthi has been an important voice of the ongoing Tunisian political upheavals provoked by leftist youth activism.

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Climate Change
Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

(By Bobby Magill) Is the West’s Dry Spell Really a Megadrought? (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill SAN FRANCISCO — The drought that has […]

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Human Rights
Indian Gays Shocked by Supreme Court Ruling upholding Colonial Sodomy Laws

Indian Gays Shocked by Supreme Court Ruling upholding Colonial Sodomy Laws

(By Boris Dittrich) The day after International Human Rights Day, India’s Supreme Court published its ruling on whether the country’s sodomy law, which had been […]

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Syria
Syrian Refugees' Misery deepened by Snow Storm as Europe Shuts Doors

Syrian Refugees’ Misery deepened by Snow Storm as Europe Shuts Doors

World Bulletin writes: “… the worst of winter is yet to come for 2.2 million refugees living outside Syria and millions more displaced inside the […]

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Energy
The Enigma of Israel and Solar Energy

The Enigma of Israel and Solar Energy

(By Juan Cole) Israel ought to be a pioneer in solar energy. It is mostly sunny and the amount of energy it could realize from […]

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End of the road for Hrithik-Sussanne marriage

End of the road for Hrithik-Sussanne marriage

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and his wife of 13 years, Sussanne Roshan, are ending their marriage, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday. In a statement […]

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Drones
US Drones Kill 15 in Yemen Wedding Convoy, mistaking them for al-Qaeda

US Drones Kill 15 in Yemen Wedding Convoy, mistaking them for al-Qaeda

CIA operators of US drones in Yemen mistook a wedding convoy for al-Qaeda on Friday, killing 15 persons and wounding many others. Some 10 were […]

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