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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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"World-Wide Welcome:" No, Cuccinelli, the Statue of Liberty and Lazarus Poem are not about Whiteness

“World-Wide Welcome:” No, Cuccinelli, the Statue of Liberty and Lazarus Poem are not about Whiteness

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chris Cillizza at CNN quotes the interchange between Erin Burnett and Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
In Wars and Weapons We Trust: America’s Militarized Profession of Faith

In Wars and Weapons We Trust: America’s Militarized Profession of Faith

(Tomdispatch.com ) – When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I looked to the heavens: to God and Christianity (as arbitrated by the Catholic […]

William J. Astore

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Saudi Woman dissident Refuses to Make Video exonerating Saudi State from Torture Charges

Saudi Woman dissident Refuses to Make Video exonerating Saudi State from Torture Charges

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The family of jailed Saudi dissident and women’s rights activist Loujain Hathloul has announced that the Saudi authorities offered to […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Globally and in El Paso, Far-Right Language is Changing, Provoking More Violence

Globally and in El Paso, Far-Right Language is Changing, Provoking More Violence

By Arie Perliger | – The recent shooting attack in which a young white man is accused of killing 22 people in a Walmart in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel trying to Solve its Gaza Problem with Egyptian Territory?

Is Israel trying to Solve its Gaza Problem with Egyptian Territory?

By Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – There has been an increase recently in Israeli projects seeking solutions to what it calls the “Gaza […]

Middle East Monitor

Yemen
Yemen's Southern Separatists Seeking International Recognition

Yemen’s Southern Separatists Seeking International Recognition

(Al-Bab.com | – Last Thursday Yemen’s southern separatists sent a letter to the UN Security Council and to the foreign ministers of all EU member […]

Brian Whitaker

Donald Trump
Trump's Conspiracy Theories Hide the Real Plot, of Corporations against our Health

Trump’s Conspiracy Theories Hide the Real Plot, of Corporations against our Health

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump came to power in part because of weird conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton, and he is still at it. […]

Juan Cole

Archaeology
Thousands of Years of World's Heritage Endangered in Syria, Cradle of Civilization

Thousands of Years of World’s Heritage Endangered in Syria, Cradle of Civilization

By Lubna Omar | – I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria. Nowadays, I am stuck in academic purgatory, observing from […]

The Conversation

Yemen
Civilian Casualties Mount in Indiscriminate Fighting in Yemen

Civilian Casualties Mount in Indiscriminate Fighting in Yemen

Separatist and Government Forces in Aden Showing Scant Concern for Civilians

Human Rights Watch

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