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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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Cole in Salon: The Fall of Bush’s Man in Pakistan; Dawn: Bush was Last Holdout

Cole in Salon: The Fall of Bush’s Man in Pakistan; Dawn: Bush was Last Holdout

My column is out in Salon.com: “The fall of Bush’s man in Pakistan:” (Despite Pervez Musharraf’s despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, […]

Juan Cole

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Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police

Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police

Kurdish control of Kirkuk creates a powder keg in Iraq, the NYT explains this morning: ‘ it demonstrates that despite a recent decline in violence, […]

Juan Cole

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Musharraf Resigns

Musharraf Resigns

Al-Jazeera International on the career of Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf, who just stepped down to avoid impeachment.

Juan Cole

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Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia

Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia

Ooops. Fox News Interviews an Ossetian-American 12-year-old girl who thanks Russian troops for saving her from Georgian aggression. But Fox News was obviously not happy […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation; Seniora to Baghdad

Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation; Seniora to Baghdad

A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed 15 and wounded 29 in al-Adhamiya on Sunday. This neighborhood is what’s left of the Sunni enclave on the […]

Juan Cole

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Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk Crisis

Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk Crisis

The struggle over the oil city of Kirkuk has so far derailed provincial elections in Iraq. Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk crisis (part 1) Aljazeera […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombers hit Karbala Pilgrims for Third Straight Day

Bombers hit Karbala Pilgrims for Third Straight Day

Bombers struck at Shiite pilgrims for the third straight day on Sunday, killing as many as six new victims. This despite extensive security measures in […]

Juan Cole

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Aljazeera: War Crimes in Georgia and Ossetia

Aljazeera: War Crimes in Georgia and Ossetia

Ethnic cleansing of Georgians by Ossetians? Georgian plans to wipe out Ossetians? Aljazeera International reports on claims and counter-claims of war crimes.

Juan Cole

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McSame is Getting even More Same

McSame is Getting even More Same

“Approval Ratings: The Public v. McCain”

Juan Cole

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