Friday, November 11

Confucius would roll in his grave

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Whereupon Dr. Ernie and Pundita struggle to define China's system of government..... October 24 "Hi, Pundita, re your essay Another...
Thursday, November 10

Introduction to a guest contribution

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Readers who have been with Pundita's blog since May are familiar with reader "Liz," who made her first appearance as a contrib...

The Worst of All Possibilities

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This essay is a guest contribution by Annlee A. Hines I love long distance contests. They’re about endurance rather than speed, and speed is...
Wednesday, November 9

Limitations of US news media: why it's hard to make sense of world affairs

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(This writing incorporates excerpts from 11/8 and 11/15 essays, both of which I've deleted.) Three posts yesterday -- two based largely...
Tuesday, November 8

Pakistan quake's high-elevation suvivors: it's down now to mules and prayer

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"The Energizer people should have picked these mules -- not some bunny." CBS News reporter Mark Phillips is no spring chicken. So,...
Monday, November 7

Somewhat contradictory views of Muslim rioters in France

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Comments by guests on John Batchelor show tonight about riots in France: John Terrett (British correspondent) The situation had been build...

Bre'r Joe Wilson and B'rer Jacques Chirac

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"Trying to determine how much French foreign policy in Africa was affected by the French desire to obtain uranium is a difficult task. ...

BEIJING WAKES UP ABOUT BIRD FLU?

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Thanks to Dan at Riehl World View for sending me this: BEIJING (Associated Press Nov 7) - China said Sunday it had asked for outside help t...
Sunday, November 6

It's on

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The situation in France seems to have started as unplanned riots but Pundita has a problem with coincidences during war. By coincidence the...
Saturday, November 5

Not yet storming the Bastille

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Dan at Riehl World View is keeping tabs on the Paris riots; thank goodness because Pundita too tuckered to follow the story. Click here fo...

Radio host John Batchelor wades into Wilson-Plame Affair

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Pundita's favorite radio host and news anchor John Batchelor recently aired a bombshell interview in which a retired West Pointer recal...

Killer Toast and how to impress your boss's mistress

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I kept wanting to share this historic photograph but never got around to fixing up my blog to display pictures. So you'll just have to...

"Yo, we're all democrats here"

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"You have accused the state department of a double standard about Russia and China. Aren't you guilty of the same about Vladimir Pu...
Friday, November 4

We had to destroy this democracy to save it

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"With the election on May 2 of Chile's former interior minister Jose Miguel Insulza to the post of secretary general of the Organiz...

Loony Tunes Cable News

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Once in a while Pundita receives a letter that goes something like this: "How do you stay sane if you're following world news 24/7?...
Thursday, November 3

"State is Metternich with satphones"

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Letter 3 Glad you enjoyed the analysis but look how much you conveyed in one short sentence! Yet Metternich had his excuse: the times in wh...

Wake Up

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A blogger wrote this morning to protest Pundita's opinion that John Bolton should have been given the post of Secretary of State. The bl...

Same old song at Foggy Bottom

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Letter 2 My estimation is that things are even worse at State now. Maybe I'm saying that because I had unrealistic expectations of Cond...
Wednesday, November 2

Did al Qaeda include Tinkerbell in the death threat?

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12:05 AM UPDATE Oops! Pundita Brain Furballs Alert ack ack! They sentenced him to death for playing St. Peter, not Peter Pan. Now we can bre...

An unwilling revolutionary

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"I'm assuming you heard Stephen Hayes on John Batchelor [show] last night but have you read his article for the Weekly Standard ? ...