by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 11, 2016 | Monitor
By Joan Wadelton, Guest Contributor When King Augeas asked Hercules to clean out his stables, Hercules – seeing that the task was impossible by normal means – rerouted two rivers to wash out the years of filth. A tale those of us in Washington should heed, lest the...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 20, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Americans are facing one of the most difficult electoral choices since the founding of the Republic in 1789. How is it possible to explain the Trump phenomenon even to ourselves let alone foreigners? That was the primary question I was asked...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 17, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis I spent November 4 working as an election official at a precinct in a nearby Pueblo. The precinct is in Santa Fe County, about 20 miles north from the city of Santa Fe. I’d worked there before – in June for the primaries. At that time, the...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 9, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis For the past 25 years, the US government has honored its military veterans with a nationally broadcast special concert on the Mall the evening before Memorial Day. This year’s concert was – as in years past – a special tribute to those...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Feb 21, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Update April 9, 2014 link to the letter itself: Senior Diplomats Call for Rejection of Ambassadorial Nominees,” DiploDenizen March 10, 2014. Update February 27, 2014: “Take Politics Out of Diplomacy,” USA Today column by...
