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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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Horrific Amazon Wildfires: How do they Threaten Us, and how can we stop them?

Horrific Amazon Wildfires: How do they Threaten Us, and how can we stop them?

By Jos Barlow and Alexander C. Lees | – Imagine a rainforest at dawn – the tall canopy laden with dripping ferns and orchids, tree […]

Juan Cole

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France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a surprise development, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif suddenly flew to Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Iran: The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To end Gender Apartheid in The Islamic Republic

Iran: The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To end Gender Apartheid in The Islamic Republic

(RFE/RL) – Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country and believes Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should step down […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Change
Plants Provide our Food, Medicine & Oxygen: We're Driving them Extinct 350x Faster than Normal

Plants Provide our Food, Medicine & Oxygen: We’re Driving them Extinct 350x Faster than Normal

Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm By Jaco Le Roux, Florencia Yanelli, Heidi Hirsch, José María Iriondo Alegria, […]

The Conversation

China
China: How the Republican Imperial Presidency Led to Trump's Trade National Socialism

China: How the Republican Imperial Presidency Led to Trump’s Trade National Socialism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has put US companies on alert that he might force them to withdraw from China, where they have $256 […]

Juan Cole

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Former Iraqi PM Threatens Military action against Israel after Tel Aviv Bombed Shiite Militia Base

Former Iraqi PM Threatens Military action against Israel after Tel Aviv Bombed Shiite Militia Base

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, responded to news that Israel had bombed Shiite militia bases in Iraq with […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Jazz Great John Coltrane and the Enchantment of Islam

Jazz Great John Coltrane and the Enchantment of Islam

(Informed Comment) – In his childhood and youth in rural North Carolina John Coltrane absorbed the musical traditions of African-American worship. His parents were active […]

Shalom Goldman

Yemen
Yemen: fierce fighting as UAE-Backed Separatists & Saudi-backed Gov’t clash over oil fields

Yemen: fierce fighting as UAE-Backed Separatists & Saudi-backed Gov’t clash over oil fields

(Al-Bab.com) – Intense fighting broke out in Yemen on Thursday as southern separatists and pro-government forces battled for control of the city of Ataq. Both […]

Brian Whitaker

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A Politics of Hope: How we Can go completely to Green Energy

A Politics of Hope: How we Can go completely to Green Energy

By David Timmons | – The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more […]

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