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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 last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?

As last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party, pushed the button last week that brought down the country’s […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Half of global Coal Companies continue to develop new Assets

Half of global Coal Companies continue to develop new Assets

By Nora Sausmikat and Katrin Ganswindt | – ( China Dialogue —- Bonus Video added by Informed Comment: Al Jazeera English: “Bosnia’s most polluting power […]

China Dialogue

Climate Crisis
Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement

Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement

By Nina Hall, Charles Lawrie and Sahar Priano | – To understand the agreement states reached at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow last month, […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Pentagon lost the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, so why are we upping its Funding to $778 billion?

The Pentagon lost the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, so why are we upping its Funding to $778 billion?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Where are you going to get the money? That question haunts congressional proposals to help the poor, the unhoused, and those […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
Why Biden is Likely right that the Climate Emergency is partly to blame for massive Tornadoes

Why Biden is Likely right that the Climate Emergency is partly to blame for massive Tornadoes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The string of horrific tornadoes generated by unrelenting thunderstorms over hundreds of miles in the southeast and midwest of the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan

The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan

By Louise Grogan | – ( The Conversation) – The lack of food security in Afghanistan may soon become a threat to the stability of […]

The Conversation

Bangladesh
The perils of the digital age: How Facebook failed to protect Persecuted Rohingya Muslims

The perils of the digital age: How Facebook failed to protect Persecuted Rohingya Muslims

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Rohingya refugees and victims are suing Facebook for $150 billion. They allege that […]

Middle East Monitor

Congress
Stop Normalizing Islamophobia: Hateful attacks on Ilhan Omar and other Muslims should be forcefully condemned

Stop Normalizing Islamophobia: Hateful attacks on Ilhan Omar and other Muslims should be forcefully condemned

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org) – In her latest act of demonizing Muslims, Rep. Lauren Boebert recently insinuated at multiple events that Rep. […]

OtherWords

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Spike in Violence in 2021 by Israeli Forces, Squatters, toward Palestinian Children: Defense for Children, UN's Bachelet

Spike in Violence in 2021 by Israeli Forces, Squatters, toward Palestinian Children: Defense for Children, UN’s Bachelet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Defense for Children International-Palestine reports that 2021 was the deadliest year for Palestinian children in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in […]

Juan Cole

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