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After all that backstabbing and bribery, after all that meddling by State in Ukraine's affairs, after all that mess -- Yushchenko Pick...

I was irritated last night to hear Larry Kudlow caterwauling on John Batchelor's show that Iraq is a debacle and that unless the Bush ad...

Five posts plus two notes since Saturday. Pundita is on a mini-vacation the rest of this week. The next post will be on Thursday. Best regar...

"So much is riding on the poll that some have called it the most significant on the continent since the first democratic elections in S...

Michael Wright: I got a message on my voice mail "She's talking about the ancestors again and also about a kind of 12 inch high an...

Now we have arrived at our annual feature called, "Pundita coddles lazy readers," whereupon we answer questions that have piled up...

Dymphna had some interesting comments in response to yesterday's "Nobody Moves..." post, which I added at the end of the post ...

Pundita: [Re your comment about the tone of my letter -- see previous post ] "... I guess she assumed were soothing words of comfort...

I think Pundita once confessed to her readers that she is a very nervous person. My extreme nervousness, which is legendary in some quarter...

A few nights back John Batchelor recounted on his radio program that his Russian contacts predict the US will be forced to attack Iran by Oc...

The quote is from the John Loftus report, July 26, on John Batchelor's show. Remember the show is available on satellite radio if your l...

Did Susan Schwab think up that word? US won't dump WTO talks, but path unclear -- Schwab By Doug Palmer Reuters via The Washington Post...

"Dear Pundita: Regarding your theory that Iran wants to dispose of Hezbollah. I don't agree, but assuming you're on the right ...

I am not sure why I found the following report hysterically funny. Maybe it's because there has been so much fighting at the WTO meeting...

". . .the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon last year -- following huge anti-Syrian protests in the wake of Lebanese ex-Prime Mi...

Dymphna writes about the hymen restoration industy for Muslim women in the US. She also got hate mail. You go, girl! If you really tick off...

The following conversation with "Michael Wright" took place last year shortly after the scope of the disaster from Hurricane Katri...

Parade Magazine Intelligence Report Is America Stingy? By Lyric Wallwork Winik Published: July 2, 2006 When it comes to foreign aid, the U.S...

Crisis in Lebanon may Threaten Other Regimes in the Region Foreign News Desk Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Zaman.com "Israeli attacks on Leba...

Pundita is tuckered from a weekend keeping up with the news from St. Petersburg and the Middle East. Four posts up yesterday; this will be ...