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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts
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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to Medicare Advantage,“beware of health insurance companies bearing gifts”, just like “beware of Greeks […]

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

08/19/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

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Will Trump divert attention from Cohen Raid by attacking Syria?

Will Trump divert attention from Cohen Raid by attacking Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Matt Apuzzo of the New York Times reports that FBI agents produced a warrant at the […]

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Chemical Weapons
If the world doesn't stop Chemical Massacres at Syria, who is Next?

If the world doesn’t stop Chemical Massacres at Syria, who is Next?

By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | – – Seven years into its catastrophic conflict, Syria has witnessed yet another major chemical strike. This time […]

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Iraq
Why are only tinpot War Criminals Punished?  What about the Architects of the Iraq War?

Why are only tinpot War Criminals Punished? What about the Architects of the Iraq War?

By Peter Singer | (Project Syndicate) | – – It is unlikely that former US President George W. Bush or any member of his administration […]

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Islam
Peace in Islam:  Qur’an 73:10 on Patience as Tolerance

Peace in Islam: Qur’an 73:10 on Patience as Tolerance

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chapter 73 of the Qur’an, “The Robed” (Al-Muzammil), contains what is probably the earliest Islamic injunction to turn the other […]

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Trump on Syria Chem Attack: Putin responsible for supporting "Animal Assad"

Trump on Syria Chem Attack: Putin responsible for supporting “Animal Assad”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Sunday, Trump responded to the use by the Syrian regime of a chlorine-filled barrel bomb […]

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Yemen
Yemen War: Do We Americans bear a Responsibility to Halt it?

Yemen War: Do We Americans bear a Responsibility to Halt it?

By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | – – American taxpayers are helping to fight someone else’s war in Yemen, and the blood is on our […]

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Syria
Russia says Syrian rebels to be brought out of Douma

Russia says Syrian rebels to be brought out of Douma

Middle East Monitor | – – Russia’s military said an operation would begin on Sunday to bring fighters of the Jaish al-Islam rebel group out […]

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Petroleum
Why Electric Cars are Better:  Massive Keystone Pipeline Oil Leak Twice as bad as Thought

Why Electric Cars are Better: Massive Keystone Pipeline Oil Leak Twice as bad as Thought

TeleSur | – – The spill gave further ammunition to environmental groups and other U.S. opponents of another pipeline the company has proposed, the long-delayed […]

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Syrian Regime kills dozens in Chem attack on Douma Holdout Enclave: Why?

Syrian Regime kills dozens in Chem attack on Douma Holdout Enclave: Why?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-backed fundamentalist militia “Army of Islam” in the Douma district of East Ghouta near Damascus […]

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