by zen | Apr 20, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] Rule of the Clan by Mark Weiner I often review good books. Sometimes I review great ones. The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals about the Future of Individual Freedom  by Mark S. Weiner gets...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Apr 18, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Shortly before the Easter weekend, the State Department quietly published a partial breakdown of 2015 diversity statistics on its website. This endeavor was apparently only done at the prodding of a senior Senator. Except for data covering...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 22, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — WINEP hosts Countering Violent Extremism and Ideology discussion ] . Addressing the Washington Institute for Near East Policy earlier this month, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Dec 12, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis It’s been nearly four months since we asked the State Department to grant open and public access to its statistics – broken down by gender and race – regarding promotions in the Foreign Service in “What’s the big secret with the...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Oct 22, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeWhen Barack Obama, a constitutional lawyer, took office as President of the United States, his supporters expected that he would act aggressively to reverse his predecessor’s disrespect for civil liberties. Astonishingly, he’s turned out...