by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 20, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Some news stories have legs. Some don’t. Sometimes when the latter happens, the non-interest is deserved. But sometimes the disinterest is very hard to understand. Here’s a headline that appeared late last month: “U.S. Weighs Training...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 13, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia L. SharpeNew York Times headlines notwithstanding, King Salman of Saudi Arabia won’t be merely “snubbing” President Obama when he fails to attend a summit meeting in Washington. He can’t afford to play petty games. He needs U.S. weapons, and he...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Apr 20, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe What’s the difference between a treaty and an agreement? The most significant difference is Constitutional. The former must be approved by the Senate, a Senate currently controlled by Republicans. Hence, no doubt, the Obama administration’s...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Mar 24, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeGiven his complex parentage (Indian Sikh and Pakistani Muslim) and his own career as a writer in English, both fiction and non-fiction, the latter for British or American publications, it’s hard to understand how Aatish Taseer could have written...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Mar 9, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Lodi Garden is not a manicured place. Its ambient vegetation is Delhi’s scrubby woodland, the scrappy growth that springs back after a dose of over-civilization. But there are lawns, too, stubbly grassy expanses to play cricket on, to picnic...
