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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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Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: War on Iran will Endanger US Forces in Region & Kushner Plan for Palestine is “Historic Crime”

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: War on Iran will Endanger US Forces in Region & Kushner Plan for Palestine is “Historic Crime”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah (Hezbollah), the Lebanese Shiite party-militia, gave a speech Friday in which he raked the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Assange Indictment Marks Alarming New Stage in US Gov't's War on Leaks

Assange Indictment Marks Alarming New Stage in US Gov’t’s War on Leaks

Mexico City ( Committee to Protect Journalists) – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment last week of WikiLeaks […]

Committee to Protect Journalists

Climate Change
Youth Don’t want to be Scared by Climate Crisis: They Want Practical Solutions

Youth Don’t want to be Scared by Climate Crisis: They Want Practical Solutions

By Dimitrinka Atanasova and Kjersti Fløttum | – Days after the British parliament declared a “climate emergency”, The Guardian announced that it would start using […]

The Conversation

Arab World
Arab League, GCC Summits Rattled Sabers at Iran but ignored Arab world's Humanitarian Crises

Arab League, GCC Summits Rattled Sabers at Iran but ignored Arab world’s Humanitarian Crises

By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet | – Saudi Arabia hosted three summits side-by-side this week. Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud hosted the 14th […]

Middle East Monitor

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Firearms are used to Murder 11,000 /yr in US; N. Zealand Banned Semi-Automatic Guns after 50 Killed

Firearms are used to Murder 11,000 /yr in US; N. Zealand Banned Semi-Automatic Guns after 50 Killed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Virginia Beach shooter killed 12 and put at least 4 others in hospital being operated on for their injuries. […]

Juan Cole

racism
Why Brown Terrorists are 'Terrorists' and White Terrorists are just 'Mentally Ill'

Why Brown Terrorists are ‘Terrorists’ and White Terrorists are just ‘Mentally Ill’

By Maha Hilal | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Whether authorities classify an act as “terrorist” depends almost entirely on who carries it […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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With Trump Doubling down on Yemen War, Will Congress End Imperial Presidency?

With Trump Doubling down on Yemen War, Will Congress End Imperial Presidency?

R. Joseph Parrott | – The Trump administration on May 24 announced an emergency declaration to sell billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi […]

The Conversation

Israel
Four Things to Watch as Israel goes to New Elections

Four Things to Watch as Israel goes to New Elections

By Rebecca Stead | – For the second time in a year, Israel is heading to the polls. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who […]

Middle East Monitor

Arab World
Saudi King Salman calls at Summit for Int'l Condemnation of Iranian "Terrorism"

Saudi King Salman calls at Summit for Int’l Condemnation of Iranian “Terrorism”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The emergency summit of the Arab league just held in Mecca had as it purpose to shore up pan-Arab support […]

Juan Cole

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