Monday, November 20

Dave Schuler keeps a close eye on China, Dr. Ernie asks Pundita to ponder Ethical Realism

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"Dear Pundita: [Re Nicaragua and elsewhere .] A point that seems to be missing from a lot of the discussion of the poorest in the West...
Wednesday, November 15

The central fallacy

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Scholars always bang on about the debate between "realism" and "idealism" in U.S. foreign policy, but the truth is that ...
Monday, November 13

Nicaragua and elsewhere: the search for a coherent, consistently applied US foreign policy

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"Since Mr Ortega's defeat in 1990, US money has flowed to Nicaragua in the form of investments by foreign companies drawn by the co...
Wednesday, November 8

"Chirac and Barnett: Two Peas in a Pod?"

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Hello Pundita, I hope your doctor's optimism has proven true and your hand is healed or at least nearly so. I read your post on Thomas P...
Tuesday, November 7

SSTR

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Professor James B. Ellsworth’s paper SysAdmin: Toward Barnett’s Stabilization and Reconstruction Force is now available online in PDF forma...
Sunday, November 5

Condition guarded but improving

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Reader “E” suggested that I try a combination of ‘activated’ quercetin (with bromelain) and garlic capsules to alleviate the tendonitis. (1,...
Monday, October 16

My doctor the optimist, and Dave Schuler comments on Thomas Barnett's ideas

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When I told the doctor today that I didn't see any use to getting a steroid injection given that it wouldn't actually heal the tendo...
Friday, October 13

More on Thomas P. M. Barnett's ideas

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This update follows on my post earlier today ; it's to acknowledge Jim Ellsworth's opinion that Thomas Barnett would greatly disagre...

Update

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I received a note from Jim Ellsworth in response to my thoughts about Thomas P. M. Barnett's ideas. Jim observed, and I believe quite co...

E gives sage advice; Jim Ellsworth does Feng Shui, sort of; Pundita draws bead on Barnett

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When I last left the Reader, I dutifully popped copious amounts of an anti-inflammatory drug, wore the hand brace, and continued to power th...
Wednesday, October 4

diagnosis

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doc's best guess is that i have tendonitis. put me on prescription-strength ibuprofen and told me to keep wearing hand brace. if no impr...
Monday, October 2

situation unchanged

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sorry for delay in writing today. doctor appt. bumped to wed am. wearing hand brace which helps a little but still stabbing pain 1 point on ...
Sunday, October 1

With apologies again to evariste

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This is a reply to Rugby, who, having escaped the laboratory, found a doting human who gifted him with a laptop. As near as I can make out f...
Saturday, September 30

"the best laid plans of mice and men..."

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pundita injured her right hand during the course of work on the rush project. too much clicking on the mouse at a very un-ergonomic compute...
Thursday, September 21

Mordor draws an ace against Wolfy's king

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(September 18 The New York Times ): [...] a committee of finance ministers that oversees the World Bank endorsed in principle a plan by Paul...
Tuesday, September 19

Educate us, Mr Mallaby: how much is too much intolerance for corruption?

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A Tibetan once told me the difference between a friend and an enemy: "An enemy is, no matter how much good he does you say, 'Must b...
Saturday, September 16

The Central Debate

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Pundita is still on vacation. The following is abridged from the original essay published November 2004 and titled Two Very Different Views ...
Friday, September 15

Golden Oldie: The price of Indian tea in Iran

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Pundita is on vacation until September 16. The following essay was was originally published in February 2005 "Pundita, I'm seeing ...
Thursday, September 14

Golden Oldie - Stand and Deliver: Bringing the US Department of State in line with today's world

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Pundita is on vacation until September 16. The following essay was originally published in December 2005. Hi, Pundita: Re: your post about ...