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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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Suffocating Ourselves: Dumping Plastic into Ocean Poisons the Bacteria that Produce 10% of our Oxygen, underpin Marine Life

Suffocating Ourselves: Dumping Plastic into Ocean Poisons the Bacteria that Produce 10% of our Oxygen, underpin Marine Life

By Petra Cameron and Philippa Kearney | – We’ve all seen the impact of our plastic addiction. It’s hard to miss the devastating images of […]

The Conversation

Green Transportation
The Green Future is Here:  Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years

The Green Future is Here: Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – (Clean Energy Wire) – German carmaker Audi has announced the goal of selling one million electric cars per year by […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Jared Kushner is surprised he can't get Palestinian Businessmen on Board with Promises of Prosperity

Jared Kushner is surprised he can’t get Palestinian Businessmen on Board with Promises of Prosperity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinian business groups accounting for 80% of Palestine’s gross domestic product say they are declining to attend a conference in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
US is Already Attacking Iran--Severe Sanctions are Hurting the Wrong People

US is Already Attacking Iran–Severe Sanctions are Hurting the Wrong People

By David Cortright | – Many are worried about the risk of war with Iran after the Trump administration leaked discussions of a troop deployment […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?

Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?

By Hamada Fara’na | – The Israeli government and its agencies are launching a concerted programme, with great urgency, to achieve the complete annexation of […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: 'Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain'

Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: ‘Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain’

(Tomdispatch.com) – Earlier this month, I spent a day visiting Marseilles to videotape a documentary about recent American military history, specifically the ongoing wars that […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Iran's Leader, Khamenei, Blasts Pres. Rouhani for Negotiating Nuclear deal with US

Iran’s Leader, Khamenei, Blasts Pres. Rouhani for Negotiating Nuclear deal with US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The private Tasnim news agency reports from Iran that in a speech to thousands of university students, Iran’s clerical leader […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
US Military Aid implicated in Israel's Sniping, Gaza Amputation Crisis

US Military Aid implicated in Israel’s Sniping, Gaza Amputation Crisis

By Phyllis Bennis | – My friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg. He […]

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Far Right
Why it is important that NZ Mosque Killer was Charged with Terrorism

Why it is important that NZ Mosque Killer was Charged with Terrorism

By Keiran Hardy | – On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came […]

The Conversation

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