by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Sep 8, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeTake the time to read Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices. Read it carefully and take it seriously, as many critics have not. Instead, having salivated in anticipation of its publication date, they swooped in, intending to gorge on juicy (but...
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 H. Kushlis | Jul 21, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Update August 26, 2014 Is there a reason that Bill Fitzgibbons – the apparent Hotline Coordinator in the office of the State Department’s Inspector General – e-mailed Joan Wadelton on July 3, 2014 at 2:07 in the afternoon just as the...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 14, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis (Note: This post is based on information collected over a number of years by a WV friend.) Pity President Obama whose standing with a key Democratic Party constituency is taking a hit over immigration policy. Is he deserving of the moniker...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 9, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis For the past 25 years, the US government has honored its military veterans with a nationally broadcast special concert on the Mall the evening before Memorial Day. This year’s concert was – as in years past – a special tribute to those...
