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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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A Special Postcard: Speaking out against Concentration Camps, by a Survivor

A Special Postcard: Speaking out against Concentration Camps, by a Survivor

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim A special postcard Note 1) Translation in English: Penny Sandford & Wiesje Wijngaarden On 18 December 1944 my mother, my sister, my […]

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Donald Trump
America as a Company Town: Royal Dutch Shell Workers in Penna. Coerced to Show up for Trump

America as a Company Town: Royal Dutch Shell Workers in Penna. Coerced to Show up for Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anya Litvak at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a contractor handling the Trump appearance at the Royal Dutch Shell plant […]

Juan Cole

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After Tlaib & Omar are Barred by Netanyahu, why would any Self-Respecting Dem Congressman do the AIPAC Tour Again??

After Tlaib & Omar are Barred by Netanyahu, why would any Self-Respecting Dem Congressman do the AIPAC Tour Again??

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has barred Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting Israel. This is an about-face […]

Juan Cole

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Trump wrong Again: Offshore Wind a "New Industrial Revolution"

Trump wrong Again: Offshore Wind a “New Industrial Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump is both an ignoramus and a loudmouth, and has used his vast fund of cluelessness to talk down […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
If the US Recognizes Israel's Usurpation of Palestinian West Bank, what will Int'l Community Do?

If the US Recognizes Israel’s Usurpation of Palestinian West Bank, what will Int’l Community Do?

By Ramona Wadi | The UN has advanced no further than acknowledging that Israel is seeking to “advance a claim of sovereignty” over settlements in […]

Middle East Monitor

Desertification
Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East

Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East

Without international diplomacy, the Middle East is going to run out of water — and it won’t be alone.

Conn M. Hallinan

China
Trump's Trade War is tanking US Economy & Destroying 70 Years of World Order

Trump’s Trade War is tanking US Economy & Destroying 70 Years of World Order

By Shiro Armstrong |- President Trump’s “America First” agenda is rapidly trashing the global economic system and the rules and norms the US has championed […]

The Conversation

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‘Slowbalization’: Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?

‘Slowbalization’: Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Some economists worry the world has passed “peak globalization.” But that could be good for the planet. By John […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Bernie Sanders: Criticizing the Israeli Gov't is not anti-Semitic & Palestinians Deserve Rights

Bernie Sanders: Criticizing the Israeli Gov’t is not anti-Semitic & Palestinians Deserve Rights

US Democratic candidate and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has said that criticising Israeli government policy is not anti-Semitic. Speaking at a town hall meeting in […]

Middle East Monitor

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