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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

BY Richard Penaskovic | – Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, […]

“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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Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens "Back"

Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens “Back”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s crowds have started chanting “Send her back!” referring to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-American who came as a […]

Juan Cole

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Racist Billionaires, Patriotic Socialists, Climate Emergency and the Fate of America

Racist Billionaires, Patriotic Socialists, Climate Emergency and the Fate of America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet […]

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The Squad: Watch Gayle King's full interview of Reply to Trump by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib (Video)

The Squad: Watch Gayle King’s full interview of Reply to Trump by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib (Video)

Gayle King | CBS Video | – The Squad: Watch Gayle King’s full interview The president’s racist tweets about Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, […]

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How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals

How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals

By Benjamin A.T. Graham | – The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in America’s struggle with China for global influence. Oddly, it […]

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Why Is Israel Illegally interfering with Western Professors Teaching at Palestinian Universities?

Why Is Israel Illegally interfering with Western Professors Teaching at Palestinian Universities?

Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 3542 N. Geronimo Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705 520 333-2577 phone 520 207-3166 fax caf@mesana.org www.mesana.org Prime Minister […]

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Pew: 'Israel is as Religiously Restrictive as Iran,' as Ed. Minister backs LGBTQ Conversion Therapy

Pew: ‘Israel is as Religiously Restrictive as Iran,’ as Ed. Minister backs LGBTQ Conversion Therapy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Haaretz reports that the PewForum has found Israel one of the twenty most religiously restrictive countries in the world. Indeed, […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine

Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Trump’s war on immigrants recalls the absurdity of Stalin’s purges — and a few of his supporters, at […]

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Denialists Keep Saying Wind and Solar make Electricity Expensive: Proof they're Wrong from Australia

Denialists Keep Saying Wind and Solar make Electricity Expensive: Proof they’re Wrong from Australia

By Zsuzsanna Csereklyei | – Wholesale prices in the National Electricity Market have climbed significantly in recent years. The increase has coincided with a rapid […]

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It isn't just the Racism: Trump's Stupid Trade Wars have Driven US Manufacturing into Recession

It isn’t just the Racism: Trump’s Stupid Trade Wars have Driven US Manufacturing into Recession

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It’s official. Trump has put US manufacturing, which is about 14% of the US gross national product, into recession, according […]

Juan Cole

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