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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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New Year Joy:  the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

New Year Joy: the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I am rewriting a previous essay here, quoting some extra poems different from the ones I used last year, but […]

Juan Cole

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Why ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in Restorative Justice needed by our Vindictive Politics

Why ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in Restorative Justice needed by our Vindictive Politics

Raven Yamamoto | – This article contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” ( Waging Nonviolence) – I went into “Spider-Man: No Way Home” thinking […]

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New Leftist President of Chile is an ardent supporter of Palestinian Rights

New Leftist President of Chile is an ardent supporter of Palestinian Rights

( Middle East Monitor ) – In Chile, where the largest population of Palestinians in Latin America resides, the Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won […]

Middle East Monitor

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How Affordable Child Care will turbocharge the US Economy

How Affordable Child Care will turbocharge the US Economy

By Mary C. King | – Child care is one of the biggest expenses many families face — in much of the country, it can […]

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Top 3 Pieces of Good News in 2021 - Because Optimists are the Problem Solvers

Top 3 Pieces of Good News in 2021 – Because Optimists are the Problem Solvers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – News corporations think good news does not sell, which is why you see so little of it on television or […]

Juan Cole

China
Is China challenging the U.S. in the Gulf?  Beijing aids Saudi Arabia's Ballistic Missil Program

Is China challenging the U.S. in the Gulf? Beijing aids Saudi Arabia’s Ballistic Missil Program

By Necmettin Acar | ( Middle East Monitor) – Last week, US intelligence agencies shared information revealing that Saudi Arabia is developing a ballistic missile […]

Middle East Monitor

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Top Three Ways Israeli Policies Caused the Oslo Peace Accords to Collapse - According to former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon

Top Three Ways Israeli Policies Caused the Oslo Peace Accords to Collapse – According to former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon

By Jeffrey Rudolph | – ( Detailed Political Quizzes) – Ami Ayalon, a former director of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, explains why Oslo failed […]

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Afghanistan
The Unbearable Double Standard of the US Press, judging Biden Harshly and Abruptly Forgetting Trump's Bizarre Antics

The Unbearable Double Standard of the US Press, judging Biden Harshly and Abruptly Forgetting Trump’s Bizarre Antics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I am not the only analyst to see an extraordinary set of double standards applied in the US media to […]

Juan Cole

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Asians, other Minorities fear Attacks because of Race, Survey finds

Asians, other Minorities fear Attacks because of Race, Survey finds

By Breanna Isbell | – ( Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – One in four Asian households in the U.S. report fearing physical attacks and […]

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