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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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Iraq Slams Saudis, Qataris for Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels

Iraq Slams Saudis, Qataris for Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels

The meeting of the so-called ‘Friends of Syria’ group of nations in Istanbul on Sunday produced some heated exchanges over a key issue: whether to […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (83)

Omar Khayyam (83)

Khayyam, you wove tents of wisdom, but fell into a campfire  and suddenly burned up. The scissors of fate severed  the guy ropes of your […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Third World of Energy, the U.S.

Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Third World of Energy, the U.S.

Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: A New Energy Third World in North America? How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the United States into […]

Juan Cole

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Instruments of War Propaganda (Jamiol Cartoon)

Instruments of War Propaganda (Jamiol Cartoon)

This cartoon courtesy of Jamiol’s World. Congratulations to Paul Jamiol on the publication of his book of trenchant editorial cartoons from the past couple of […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Life of Omar Khayyam, Part 1 (Documentary)

Life of Omar Khayyam, Part 1 (Documentary)

The life and times of a medieval poet and scientist, Omar Khayyam, Part 1, a documentary by Sadiq Saba:

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (75)

Omar Khayyam (75)

That wine which can take on diverse forms in its essence sometimes becomes an animal, sometimes a plant. Don’t imagine that its being ever goes […]

Juan Cole

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Polish PM Reveals that US Tortured at Black Sites in his Country

Polish PM Reveals that US Tortured at Black Sites in his Country

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk is now more or less admitting what has long been suspected: The Bush administration established a secret CIA prison in […]

Juan Cole

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Top 5 Dangers that the Syria Conflict could Destabilize its Neighbors

Top 5 Dangers that the Syria Conflict could Destabilize its Neighbors

Aljazeera English (below) asks whether the Syria crisis will spill over onto neighbors and what impact it may have on the region. Aljazeera English reports: […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (73)

Omar Khayyam (73)

Clouds rolled in  and wept tears on the field. Without wine, purple flowers cannot grow. The greenery provides  pleasant scenery for me today. For whose […]

Juan Cole

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