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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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Hey, Psst, Prince Charles: Here are Some Graphs on Global Heating that maybe Even Trump could Understand

Hey, Psst, Prince Charles: Here are Some Graphs on Global Heating that maybe Even Trump could Understand

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump says that a meeting with Prince Charles that was supposed to last for 15 minutes extended to an hour […]

Juan Cole

Sudan
Sudan Democracy Protesters Reject Negotiations with Military after Bloody Crackdown

Sudan Democracy Protesters Reject Negotiations with Military after Bloody Crackdown

Sudan’s military rulers offered to resume talks with opposition groups on Wednesday, two days after security forces mounted a deadly raid on a protest camp, […]

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Antisemitism
In US History, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have Gone together as Hate Speech

In US History, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have Gone together as Hate Speech

By Peter Gottschalk | – Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted recently that “Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are two sides of the same bigoted coin.” Her comments came […]

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Climate Change
The Other Climate Threat is Fear & Apathy:  We can Fix this by Voting in a Manhattan Project

The Other Climate Threat is Fear & Apathy: We can Fix this by Voting in a Manhattan Project

( Otherwords.org) – If you feel powerless, remember that the biggest change you can make is to support leaders who think our planet is actually […]

Jill Richardson

Qur'an
Headcanon: Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at Northwest Progressive Institute

Headcanon: Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at Northwest Progressive Institute

David A. Johnson has written, for The Cascadia Advocate (a project of the Northwest Progressive Institute), a review of my new book on the Prophet […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why Britain Protested: Trump a "Sexual Predator" and "Racist" says Shadow FM

Why Britain Protested: Trump a “Sexual Predator” and “Racist” says Shadow FM

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump feigned not to see them or imagined them as putting out a welcome mat for him, but the actual […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
The Alarming Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe

The Alarming Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe

By Eva Cossé, Researcher, Western Europe | – (Human Rights Watch) – European Governments and Public Should Stand Up Against Hate On May 24, a […]

Human Rights Watch

War
The US Cult of Bombing & Endless War: Ten Tenets of Air Power That I Didn’t Learn in the Air Force

The US Cult of Bombing & Endless War: Ten Tenets of Air Power That I Didn’t Learn in the Air Force

( Tomdispatch.com ) – From Syria to Yemen in the Middle East, Libya to Somalia in Africa, Afghanistan to Pakistan in South Asia, an American […]

William J. Astore

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza War Crimes:  How long can Israeli Gov't Evade the Int'l Criminal Court?

Gaza War Crimes: How long can Israeli Gov’t Evade the Int’l Criminal Court?

The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army, Sharon Afek, and the US Department of Defense General Counsel, Paul Ney, shared a platform at […]

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