by Charles Cameron | Jul 7, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on the paradoxes, double standards, accommodations and hypocrisies — whatever you call them, however you see them — that arise when religions overlap — or bump up against one another ] . . That’s a juxtaposition of...
by Lynn C. Rees | Dec 15, 2013 | Monitor
[raked by Lynn C. Rees] Driving Mom around during her last years in this life, I sat in on one of her soft-touch chiropractic sessions. Her soft-touch chiropractor was out of the office so one of his disciples stood in. As he worked, the sub-soft-touch chiropractor...
by Marcin Michniowski | Nov 19, 2013 | Monitor
Endless Afghanistan? Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube / NBC News US-Afghan agreement would keep troops in place and funds flowing, perhaps indefinitely. Fusion reactor achieves tenfold increase in plasma confinement time Matthew Francis / Ars Technica Work is...
by Christian Mull | Aug 2, 2013 | Monitor
In thinking about public diplomacy, one usually thinks of radio broadcasts, exchange programs, television ads, newspaper prints, embassy events, internet videos and speaking tours. While these modes of public diplomacy are perhaps the most common, there are many...
by Katrina Trost | Jul 24, 2013 | Monitor
Unfriend: State Dept’s social media shop is DC’s “Red-headed stepchild” John Hudson / Foreign Policy The State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs is riddled with organizational and directional problems, and has its fair share of defenders and...