by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 19, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeRemember the “takers” and “makers” flap that fatally wounded Mitt Romney when he sought the presidency in 2012?Takers and Makers Romney, addressing a controlled-admission audience of his well off supporters, was explaining that lazy “takers” are...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Feb 21, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Update April 9, 2014 link to the letter itself: Senior Diplomats Call for Rejection of Ambassadorial Nominees,” DiploDenizen March 10, 2014. Update February 27, 2014: “Take Politics Out of Diplomacy,” USA Today column by...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Feb 3, 2014 | Monitor
By Brady Kiesling, Guest Contributor Brady Kiesling served two tours as political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Athens before resigning in 2003 over USG policy. He is the author of “Diplomacy Lessons” (2006), and “Greek Urban Warriors,” his booklength study of Greek...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 28, 2014 | Monitor
By Joan Wadelton, Guest Contributor Joan Wadleton was a Foreign Service Officer from 1980-2011. She served in Africa, Latin America, Russia and Iraq. In addition to assignments in the State Department, she was an advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 21, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Now that the “non-essential” parts of the government have returned to work can we please move on to repair the untold financial damage –estimated as much or more than $24 billion – and personal hardships (a recent poll showed 44% of...
