by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Sep 23, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeDoes Vladimir Putin have fantasies about making it easier for Sarah Palin to see Russia clearly from her home in Alaska? Might be.Back in 2008, when asked about her expertise in the area of foreign policy, the Republican Vice Presidential...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 25, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Important Update September 17, 2014: It’s recently come to my attention that the reason State is keeping its Foreign Service diversity statistics secret is because the department somehow exempted itself from providing such statistics...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Aug 5, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe (1) “We tortured folks.” President Barack Obama. (2) “I have full confidence in John Brennan.” President Barack Obama.Let’s get something straight, Mr. President. We didn’t torture anybody, although John Brennan was somewhere in...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jun 2, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Also see two companion pieces: http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview/2014/05/ kanishka-in-kashgar-a-report-from-the-fringes-of-the-chinese-empire.html and...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 30, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeA father (with accomplices)beats his daughter to death right in front of the courthouse in Pakistan’s most sophisticated, most cultured, most refined city—and the police behave as if they’re watching TV! That this could happen in Lahore reveals...
