Wednesday, February 22

The New York Times sorta profiles John Batchelor's show

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Pundita notes the writer manages to avoid mentioning that John's show represents a revolution in news broadcasting and sets a high stand...
Saturday, February 18

Transformational Diplomacy

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Michael Wright: What do you think of Condoleezza Rice’s announced changes at State, USAID, and the concept of "Transformational Diplom...
Tuesday, February 14

Pundita still alive

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Clearly the idea for "Pundita Uncut" and "Pundita Encore" blogs has not panned out. I will post an essay this Saturday a...
Saturday, January 7

Pundita Uncut

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Pundita Uncut is for readers who are already familiar with Pundita essays. Posting at the new blog will be erratic. Don't look for essa...

Found: Saddam Hussein WMD tapes

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From Intelligence Summit Press Release 1/6/06 "A former military intelligence analyst, who currently works as a civilian contractor, b...
Monday, December 26

Kosciuszko Squadron

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"1919: Merian Cooper and six other former U.S. Army pilots offer their services to Poland in the 1919-1920 Soviet-Polish war. The Ameri...

Flanders Fields

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Pundita: Re your comments about the guilt and remorse you feel about not doing more for your country: I think the emotions spring from the ...

Pundita throws a party in the Elysian Fields

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"Pundita, I read your post about your blogroll. I get purism but Julia Child didn't only cook French food. Now put that nice lady...

How baptism was invented

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In the old days -- the really old days -- tribes had puffy head minders. That's how baptism was invented, according to the possum member...
Sunday, December 25

Peace on Earth Alpha Whiskey Romeo

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Merry Christmas to one and all. With prayers of thanks and gratitude for the service of American troops in the US and abroad. Turning point:...
Saturday, December 24

The 900 Lazy Bastards and global government

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"Dear Pundita: We were listening to a news show with Moises Naim and Tom Friedman talking about globalization and the need for a global...
Friday, December 23

Iran analysis: intel school's in session

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Below is a letter I dashed off in response to Stratfor head George Friedman's analysis for John Batchelor's audience on Thursday. I ...
Thursday, December 22

Doom, Gloom, and knowing when to sit and when to get off your butt

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"Sorry you're shutting down the blog. I guess you heard the bad news last night from Yossef Bodansky [on John Batchelor's show]...
Wednesday, December 21

Pundita lost her temper. Sigh.

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I'd wanted to keep the post about Pakistan's quake victims at the top of today's pile of posts, and also because I added an exch...

TEHRAN, GET THE HELL OUT OF IRAQ

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What set Pundita off is the suspicion that Chalabi is somehow involved in turning a small problem into a big mess. And Allawi will have to ...

American quake aid in Pakistan's Northwest province "absolutely stunning"

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That quote from Brent Stevens, Wall Street Journal reporter, on Tuesday's John Batchelor show. Brent was in the region last week. He re...

Of crooks, capitalists, bankers, billionaires and oil: yes, Russia again

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"On the Leonid Reiman story, you are following the wrong trail. It is the Alfa Group -- Megafon's competitor -- pushing this story....