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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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Israel/ Palestine
From Boris Johnson to Trump, will Western Conservatives go on Supporting Israeli Colonialism in Palestine to the Hilt?

From Boris Johnson to Trump, will Western Conservatives go on Supporting Israeli Colonialism in Palestine to the Hilt?

By Muhammad Hussein | – When Boris Johnson was voted in as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by […]

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Climate Change
Be Afraid, Very Afraid: Greenland Ice Sheets Cascading into Ocean 50 Years Ahead of Schedule

Be Afraid, Very Afraid: Greenland Ice Sheets Cascading into Ocean 50 Years Ahead of Schedule

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amid the European heat wave, Ruth Mottram of the Danish Meteorological Institute set off a panic this week when she […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
1917: The Racist, Right Wing Age of Delirium that Trump Resurrected

1917: The Racist, Right Wing Age of Delirium that Trump Resurrected

By Adam Hochschild | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Along rivers prone to overflowing, people sometimes talk of preparing for a 100-year flood — a dangerous surge […]

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Somalia
Slamming Ilhan Omar, Orientalist Sen. Rand Paul confuses Somalia with Game of Thrones

Slamming Ilhan Omar, Orientalist Sen. Rand Paul confuses Somalia with Game of Thrones

By David Pechefsky | – (Informed Comment) – US Senator Rand Paul’s recent statements regarding Somalia are absurd on many levels. They are perhaps not […]

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Saudi Arabia
Shadowy Pro-Saudi D. C. Think Tank that Defended Crown Prince Suddenly Closes

Shadowy Pro-Saudi D. C. Think Tank that Defended Crown Prince Suddenly Closes

(Al-Bab.com) – The Arabia Foundation, a pro-Saudi think tank established in Washington only two-and-a-half years ago suddenly closed down yesterday, citing “ongoing differences” among its […]

Brian Whitaker

Donald Trump
Iran: Germany and France Refuse to be Inducted into Trump's Gulf Naval Operation against Tehran

Iran: Germany and France Refuse to be Inducted into Trump’s Gulf Naval Operation against Tehran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Angela Merkel in Germany has rejected participation in the the Trump administration’s naval mission, “Operation Sentinel,” aimed […]

Juan Cole

Fracking
Stop It! Fracking Can't be Done in a way that doesn't Threaten Human Life

Stop It! Fracking Can’t be Done in a way that doesn’t Threaten Human Life

By Barbara Gottlieb | – Over 1,500 reports show there’s simply no safe way to do it — and it’s harming us all every day […]

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Climate Change
Combatting the Climate Emergency: The Chinese Path or the Green New Deal?

Combatting the Climate Emergency: The Chinese Path or the Green New Deal?

(Tomdispatch.com ) – At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for […]

John Feffer

Iran
Expert Letter on Deescalating with Iran (Bacevich, Cole, Esposito et al.)

Expert Letter on Deescalating with Iran (Bacevich, Cole, Esposito et al.)

Via NIAC: July 30, 2019 As foreign-policy practitioners with decades of collective experience in national security and diplomacy, we write to warn that U.S.-Iran tensions […]

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