by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Nov 8, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Yes, the U.S. is divided almost equally between Democrats and Republicans. As a result, over the past four years, gridlock frequently stalled meaningful action in the U.S. Congress. Nevertheless, the popular vote as well as the quirky American...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Nov 1, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeHow noble, at first sight. Mitt Romney was said to have stopped campaigning as hurricane Sandy joined up with two other storm fronts to take a swat of the Northeastern quadrant of the U.S. Actually, he’d launched into a celebration of private...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 31, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis The final question at a talk on civil discourse by James A. Baker at the Wilson Center on Monday, October 23, 2012 raised the specter of another razor-thin election reminiscent of 2000. A subsequent headline in the Washington Post suggested...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Sep 19, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe.Ha! Ha! Ha! Not only am I laughing out loud, I’m rolling around on my nice but not outrageously expensive carpet from Pakistan and laughing. Back in May Mitt Romney was on a begging session among his fellow rich guys in a supposedly safe place,...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis In his column on Sunday September 9, Tom Friedman points out the chicken and egg relationship between education and employment. The more education an American has, the more likely he – or she – will have a job. Case in point: Only 4.4 percent...
