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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

08/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban – a differing view of drones (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Scholars Alex Strick van Linschoten, 28, and 32 year old Felix Kuehn have swapped the musty […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Court throws out Fundamentalist Constitution-writing assembly, Insists on a Representative Body

Egyptian Court throws out Fundamentalist Constitution-writing assembly, Insists on a Representative Body

Egypt’s administrative court invalidated the current constituent assembly charged with drafting the new constitution, on the grounds that it is overly stacked with Muslim fundamentalists […]

Juan Cole

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Text from Hillary to Santorum:  The Front Line of Combat is Not the Best Place for You

Text from Hillary to Santorum: The Front Line of Combat is Not the Best Place for You

h/t to Texts from Hillary and Kevin Lamarque Rick Santorum on women serving in combat: “I think that could be a very compromising situation where […]

Juan Cole

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Amman, Jordan (0111)

Amman, Jordan (0111)

Photograph of Amman, Jordan, August, 2008, by Juan Cole

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Syndrome (Engelhardt)

The Afghanistan Syndrome (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Afghan Syndrome Vietnam Has Left Town, Say Hello to the New Syndrome on the Block By Tom Engelhardt Take […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (94)

Omar Khayyam (94)

I have no idea if  the one who created me placed me among  the good in paradise or the hideous in hell. A cup, a […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Civil War Kills 160, Spills over onto Lebanon, Turkey; Will US Intervene?

Syrian Civil War Kills 160, Spills over onto Lebanon, Turkey; Will US Intervene?

Fighting on Monday in Homs and other Syrian cities left some 160 dead on Monday, and, ominously, Syrian troops fired into Lebanon and Turkey, killing […]

Juan Cole

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"Smile" - Tamer Hosny and Shaggy's Feel-Good Arabic Music Video

“Smile” – Tamer Hosny and Shaggy’s Feel-Good Arabic Music Video

Egyptian singing star (“the King of Pop”) Tamer Hosny, a late convert to the Egyptian revolution, and Shaggy released this music video, entitled “Smile” a […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (93)

Omar Khayyam (93)

I am a sinner, where is your acceptance? My heart is dark, where is your light  and clarity? If you grant me paradise because of […]

Juan Cole

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