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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
Featured

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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War
US Army Tweeted 'How has Serving Impacted You?'  It didn't Go Well.

US Army Tweeted ‘How has Serving Impacted You?’ It didn’t Go Well.

Tweet Inadvertently Triggers Responses Revealing ‘Real, Painful, and Horrifying Human Costs of War’

Common Dreams

Iran
Would Israelis & Saudis be Targets in any Trump-Iran Conflict?

Would Israelis & Saudis be Targets in any Trump-Iran Conflict?

By Maysam Behravesh | @behmash | – Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
Bad for Memorial Day, Bad for America: Trump Must not Pardon War Criminals

Bad for Memorial Day, Bad for America: Trump Must not Pardon War Criminals

By Andrew Bell | – As a veteran, I was astonished by the recent news that President Trump may be considering pardons for U.S. military […]

The Conversation

astronomy and outer space
No, Ben Shapiro, Science isn’t White

No, Ben Shapiro, Science isn’t White

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In this clip via Twitter, Ben Shapiro, who is somehow touted as a serious thinker on the Right, alleges that […]

Juan Cole

Poverty
Race and Inequality: Black college graduate Families have 33 percent less wealth than White High School Dropouts

Race and Inequality: Black college graduate Families have 33 percent less wealth than White High School Dropouts

By Josh Hoxie | – ( Inequality.org) – It’s not individual behavior that drives the racial wealth divide — it’s a system that many folks […]

Inequality.org

Uncategorized
What do they have to Hide?  Syria Refuses Visa for Chemical Weapons Investigation Chief

What do they have to Hide? Syria Refuses Visa for Chemical Weapons Investigation Chief

(Al-Bab.com ) – Syria is resisting efforts by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to identify the perpetrators of chemical attacks and […]

Brian Whitaker

Israel/ Palestine
A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence

A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence

By Rafi Ellenson |- ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When diaspora Jews and those living in Israel join with Palestinians, they forge a more powerful […]

Waging Nonviolence

Donald Trump
No Fair!  Iran Puts their Country Right next to US Military Bases in Gulf

No Fair! Iran Puts their Country Right next to US Military Bases in Gulf

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration made a grand and empty show Friday of announcing the dispatch to the Middle East of 1,500 […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Alarmed Iranians Fret over Devastating new War after 4 Decades of Conflict

Alarmed Iranians Fret over Devastating new War after 4 Decades of Conflict

(RFE/RL) – As verbal sparring, economic pressure, and military jockeying intensify between Tehran and Washington, Iranians are closely following the standoff and appear increasingly alarmed […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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