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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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Pope Francis Preaches Tolerance in War Torn Iraq, and Even Militias Welcome Him

Pope Francis Preaches Tolerance in War Torn Iraq, and Even Militias Welcome Him

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Pope Francis began his unprecedented trip to Iraq on Friday, his first visit abroad since the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias

How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias

( 48hills.org ) – For the first time, the Biden Administration ordered a cross-border military attack in the Middle East. On February 26, seven US […]

Reese Erlich

Afghanistan
Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights

Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights

Mona Tajali and Homa Hoodfar | – Three Afghan women who worked at a media company were gunned down in Jalalabad in early March. In […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
Is it still possible to prevent the collapse of Syria?

Is it still possible to prevent the collapse of Syria?

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Syrian intellectuals and activists from across political and intellectual spheres are busy searching for […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot's Lifting of Covid Restrictions

Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s Lifting of Covid Restrictions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week lifted the Texas mask mandate and allowed businesses freely to open. Roughly half the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
For the Sake of Preventing More Journalists’ Murders, Biden Must Punish Saudi Arabia’s MBS (And I Should Know)

For the Sake of Preventing More Journalists’ Murders, Biden Must Punish Saudi Arabia’s MBS (And I Should Know)

Seattle (Special to Informed Comment) – The horrific outcome of Jamal Khashoggi’s story is not dissimilar to the tales of many journalists, including my own, […]

Sara Jamshidi

Iraq
The US has dropped 326,000 bombs on people in other countries since 2001, Most Recently in Syria

The US has dropped 326,000 bombs on people in other countries since 2001, Most Recently in Syria

( Code Pink) – On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Arms Sales
Failing Upward: Pentagon’s more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don’t even work)

Failing Upward: Pentagon’s more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don’t even work)

( Tomdispatch.com) – Cancel culture is a common, almost viral, term in political and social discourse these days. Basically, somebody expresses views considered to be […]

William J. Astore

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Why the Biden Administration is Dead Wrong to oppose Int'l Criminal Court War Crimes inquiry in Occupied Palestine: A Betrayal of the Rule of Law

Why the Biden Administration is Dead Wrong to oppose Int’l Criminal Court War Crimes inquiry in Occupied Palestine: A Betrayal of the Rule of Law

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to look into war crimes committed in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine. Outgoing […]

Juan Cole

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