by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Apr 11, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Hopes were high a few years ago. The Arab street—that’s working people as well as the educated middle class—was waking up and demanding a better shake. Throwing off well-founded fears of brutal retaliation, thousands of people gathered...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jan 22, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe For the most part, the Republicans (including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan) listened to the President’s State of the Union speech with stony faces. Many frowned throughout. During his quite eloquent remarks there were a number of points at...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jan 18, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Today’s Sri Lanka is the ancient land of Serendip, which gave rise to the modern English word serendipity. Sri Lanka is still a stunningly beautiful island surrounded by white sand beaches that rise up through tropical forests into blue...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Oct 12, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeSo the Obama administration has finally fessed up to what’s long been clear to more than a few mere citizens: the millions (or billions) spent to whip allies or elements we like into effective anti-Assad, anti-ISIS (or anti-Taliban) fighters has...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Aug 31, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeThe Greek island of Kos can’t accommodate all the refugees who land on its shores. Nor can Greece alone deal with all those who turn up on its sea-washed territories.Though incessantly berated for hard-heartedness, Europe, collectively, can’t...