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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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Iran
Is Washington's 'Maximum Pressure' Bringing An End To Iran's 'Strategic Patience?'

Is Washington’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Bringing An End To Iran’s ‘Strategic Patience?’

(RFE/RL) – Iran is turning up the heat on the United States and its allies by shifting away from a policy of “strategic patience” and […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Iran
Risk of Shooting War with Iran Grows after Decades of Economic Warfare by the U.S.

Risk of Shooting War with Iran Grows after Decades of Economic Warfare by the U.S.

By David Cortright | – Many are worried about the risk of war between the U.S. and Iran. But the truth is, the U.S. has […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump's $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump’s $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The US Senate yesterday blocked arms sales to Saudi Arabia, ushering in a new episode in the House’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
The Big Winner in Trump's anti-Iran Sanctions?  Russia

The Big Winner in Trump’s anti-Iran Sanctions? Russia

By Stasa Salacanin | – Reinstated sanctions on Iran have brought a new complexity to Tehran’s relations with those countries which supported the deal, especially […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran's Enrichment

How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran’s Enrichment

By Miles A. Pomper | – Editor’s note: Iranian leaders have threatened to withdraw from a 2015 agreement that limits their nation’s nuclear activities. Under […]

The Conversation

Pentagon
No, Neocons, it Isn't Always 1939, and WW II wasn't such a 'Good War'

No, Neocons, it Isn’t Always 1939, and WW II wasn’t such a ‘Good War’

(Tomdispatch.com) – How best to describe the recently completed allied commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France? Two words come immediately […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Drones
Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions

Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The warmongers on Trump’s national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Yes, Liz Cheney, AOC is right that US is Running Concentration Camps for Refugees

Yes, Liz Cheney, AOC is right that US is Running Concentration Camps for Refugees

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been under fire for an Instagram message she sent out in which she characterized the holding facilities […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
UN Investigator Seeks Criminal Probe of Khashoggi Murder, Accusing Saudi Crown Prince

UN Investigator Seeks Criminal Probe of Khashoggi Murder, Accusing Saudi Crown Prince

Top Rights Body Should Monitor Saudi Abuses

Human Rights Watch

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