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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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Obama Faces Major Challenge in Afghanistan/ Pakistan

Obama Faces Major Challenge in Afghanistan/ Pakistan

Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post reports that Obama is considering a regional approach to the Afghanistan war that would extend to negotiating with Iran […]

Juan Cole

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Abnormality Besieges Palestinians

Abnormality Besieges Palestinians

The UN warns that it is running out of food to distribute in Gaza, putting the civilian population there at severe risk, as a direct […]

Juan Cole

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Standing up for Max Cleland on Veteran’s Day

Standing up for Max Cleland on Veteran’s Day

More on Veterans Day: Someone alerted me to the good work that Survivor Corps is doing for Vets. And, This letter from Iraq Veteran Paul […]

Juan Cole

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Glantz: Veterans Day, 2008 : Tasks for the Obama Administration

Glantz: Veterans Day, 2008 : Tasks for the Obama Administration

Aaron Glantz writes in a guest op-ed for IC: On Veterans Day, we as a nation pause to honor those who have served their country. […]

Juan Cole

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31 Killed by Triple Bombing in Baghdad; Questions about Funding for Iraqi Intelligence

31 Killed by Triple Bombing in Baghdad; Questions about Funding for Iraqi Intelligence

3 bombings in the largely Shiite neighborhood of Kasrah in mostly Sunni Adhamiya on Monday, killing 31 and wounding 71. There are lots of reasons […]

Juan Cole

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US Documents on Iran Nukes Forged?

US Documents on Iran Nukes Forged?

I’m shocked, shocked that allegations are emerging at the International Atomic Energy Agency that US-supplied “documents” from a laptop acquired in 2004 indicating a secret […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki to Parliament on Security Agreement: ‘Take it or Leave it’; Provincial Elections Jan. 31; 10 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Attacks

Al-Maliki to Parliament on Security Agreement: ‘Take it or Leave it’; Provincial Elections Jan. 31; 10 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Attacks

Guerrilla attacks killed 10 persons and wounded dozens on Sunday. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the al-Maliki government will in coming months show the draft […]

Juan Cole

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Emanuel in 2002: Details of US and Israeli Interests Differ

Emanuel in 2002: Details of US and Israeli Interests Differ

Prospective Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has taken a lot of heat in the Middle East and in the left blogosphere because […]

Juan Cole

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No More Monsters on T.V.

No More Monsters on T.V.

Democrats.com has taken up my call from last week for the television networks to avoid inviting commentary from politicians who are criminals of various sorts. […]

Juan Cole

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