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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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Qur'an
The Prophet’s Tribe: The First Mention of Quraysh in an Inscription from the Dawn of Islam

The Prophet’s Tribe: The First Mention of Quraysh in an Inscription from the Dawn of Islam

The Qur’an, the Muslim scripture, speaks of the Quraysh as a tribe that engaged in travel and worshiped at a shrine. Qur’an 106, “Quraysh,” says, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
On Anniversary of D-Day:  Would Trump have bothered, or Been on Other Side?

On Anniversary of D-Day: Would Trump have bothered, or Been on Other Side?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I grew up in the shadow of World War II. It ended only seven years before I was born. I […]

Juan Cole

China
Bolton may want War with Iran, but the Pentagon is Eyeing China

Bolton may want War with Iran, but the Pentagon is Eyeing China

(Tomdispatch.com) – The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf […]

Michael T. Klare

Iran
How Two-Faced Trump has targeted Iran for Sanctions & War while Tweeting "Negotiations"

How Two-Faced Trump has targeted Iran for Sanctions & War while Tweeting “Negotiations”

(Informed Comment) – On May 24, 2018, the Department of Defense organised a Briefing on Iran with the participation of Katie Wheelbarger, Principal Deputy Assistant […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Afghanistan
How US "good guys" wiped out an Afghan family

How US “good guys” wiped out an Afghan family

By Jessica Purkiss and Mateen Arian This story was published in partnership with: The New York Times. ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) – It […]

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

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Pompeo:  Jared Kushner’s Palestine plan “unexecutable;’ Kushner: Palestinians unready for Self-Rule

Pompeo: Jared Kushner’s Palestine plan “unexecutable;’ Kushner: Palestinians unready for Self-Rule

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I can barely believe it. Mike Pompeo, who can believe 10 impossible things before breakfast every day, including the impending […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Will Britain Cave to Trump's Press for Conflict with Iran?

Will Britain Cave to Trump’s Press for Conflict with Iran?

(Informed Comment) – Donald Trump’s military proliferation in the Middle East and further sanctions on Iran, aimed at isolating Tehran, have driven a deeper rift […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Neoliberalism
How Neoliberalism & Privatization are Driving our Crises, from Guatemala to Moscow

How Neoliberalism & Privatization are Driving our Crises, from Guatemala to Moscow

To the corporate media, history goes back only as far as yesterday. Thus the media portray the chaos and violence in Central America as though […]

John Buell

Climate Change
The Extreme Weather of Climate Emergency will Cost US $1 trillion in Ten Years

The Extreme Weather of Climate Emergency will Cost US $1 trillion in Ten Years

By Gary W. Yohe | – June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it will prove to be […]

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