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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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Next: The Climate Crisis is Coming for Your Food

Next: The Climate Crisis is Coming for Your Food

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The sources of the climate emergency are often framed with regard to electricity generation and transportation, while the impact of […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Women Fighting for & Gaining More Liberty, Even as Leaders are Jailed

Saudi Women Fighting for & Gaining More Liberty, Even as Leaders are Jailed

By Alainna Liloia | – Saudi women will soon be allowed to obtain passports and travel without the permission of a male relative. This new […]

The Conversation

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With Nukes Back as a Global Danger, Time to Remember Hiroshima

With Nukes Back as a Global Danger, Time to Remember Hiroshima

(Informed Comment) – Hiroshima—Saikoji, a small temple of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism to which a majority of Hiroshima’s citizens belong, stands just across […]

Nassrine Azimi

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s rivalry is driving Yemen’s Internal Violence

Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s rivalry is driving Yemen’s Internal Violence

(Informed Comment) – After misleading hopes that the United Arab Emirates will withdraw from Yemen, severe recent clashes in Aden show that peace is still […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Donald Trump
White al-Qaeda, Trump and Economic Terrorism against El Paso

White al-Qaeda, Trump and Economic Terrorism against El Paso

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s visit to El Paso on Wednesday was unwelcome to most of its residents. They understood that his anti-Latino rhetoric […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s war on innocence: Palestinian children in Israeli military courts

Israel’s war on innocence: Palestinian children in Israeli military courts

On 29 July, 4-year-old Muhammad Rabi’ Elayyan was reportedly summoned for interrogation by the Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem. The news, originally reported by the […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Change
Environment or Jobs?  The Green New Deal can Boost Both

Environment or Jobs? The Green New Deal can Boost Both

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers […]

Aviva Chomsky

Children
Epidemic: Firearms are the Second Leading Cause of Death for US Children and Teens

Epidemic: Firearms are the Second Leading Cause of Death for US Children and Teens

By Marc A Zimmerman, Patrick Carter and Rebecca Cunningham | – Injury is the leading cause of death for U.S. children and adolescents, accounting for […]

The Conversation

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Immigrants aren't "Invaders:" They're Who will Pay your Social Security

Immigrants aren’t “Invaders:” They’re Who will Pay your Social Security

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Australian-American Rupert Murdoch’s white nationalist TV channel, Fox Cable News, is doubling down on the anti-immigrant memes that drove the […]

Juan Cole

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