by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Oct 9, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appearance at Madison Garden before thousands of Indian-Americans during UN Week was dubbed a “love fest.” It was certainly a tamasha, which is Hindi for big blast: music, dancing, balloons— plus the true...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Sep 8, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeTake the time to read Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices. Read it carefully and take it seriously, as many critics have not. Instead, having salivated in anticipation of its publication date, they swooped in, intending to gorge on juicy (but...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 18, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Also see Peter Van Buren "An Example of Petty Corruption and Cronyism at State", January 23, 2013. Van Buren worked on Congressional Relations for State's Bureau of Consular Affairs at the time of the passport fiasco. It wasn’t...