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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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Trump Mimics Israeli Supremacist Right, Accuses Jewish American Democrats of Treason to Israel

Trump Mimics Israeli Supremacist Right, Accuses Jewish American Democrats of Treason to Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump on Tuesday attacked American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party (as 70%-80% of them do) as demonstrating “a […]

Juan Cole

Western Muslims
British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

In British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism, Philip Lewis and Sadek Hamid demonstrate how new generations are remaking Islamic institutional infrastructures […]

British Policy and Politics

India
What's behind the protests in Kashmir?

What’s behind the protests in Kashmir?

By Sumit Ganguly | – India recently enacted a law which will end a special autonomous status given to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter-Settlers on Palestinian Land rule the roost in Israel, but at what cost?

Israeli Squatter-Settlers on Palestinian Land rule the roost in Israel, but at what cost?

(Middle East Monitor) – Jewish Israeli settlers are on a roll as they rampage across the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part […]

Ramzy Baroud

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Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar's support for Palestinians is like the Anti-Colonialism of George Washington

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s support for Palestinians is like the Anti-Colonialism of George Washington

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib did a press conference on Monday in response to their having been barred by […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
2084? Is Trump the one who Takes us into the Age of Big Brother?

2084? Is Trump the one who Takes us into the Age of Big Brother?

(Tomdispatch.com) – I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Change
New research shows that Antarctica's largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean

New research shows that Antarctica’s largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean

By Dan Lowry | – Scientists have long been concerned about the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its contribution to global […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel won’t silence Tlaib, Omar by banning them from entry

Israel won’t silence Tlaib, Omar by banning them from entry

By Kamel Hawwash |@kamelhawwash | – US Representatives, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, a thorn in the side of the American establishment and the pro-Israel […]

Middle East Monitor

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In major Defeat for Trump Warhawks, Gibraltar Releases Iran Tanker, citing European Law

In major Defeat for Trump Warhawks, Gibraltar Releases Iran Tanker, citing European Law

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Aljazeera reports that its correspondent in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, Andrew Simmons, confirms that a tanker carrying $140 […]

Juan Cole

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