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...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 4, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Yes, Matilda, there is a clear relationship between the administration of the State Department and America’s ability to conduct its foreign policy successfully. I don’t know how many times it needs to be repeated before it registers on the Hill,...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 26, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Just last week, a member of Golden Dawn, a Greek neo-Fascist political organization that has been expanding exponentially in recent months, stabbed to death Pavlos Fyssas, a leftist hip-hop singer outside a cafeteria in a working class suburb of...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 26, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis You have to hand it to Senator Grassley for challenging the State Department’s claim that Hillary Clinton’s trip planner and scheduler, Huma Abedin had expertise that was “irreplaceable” and that as a consequence, she was worthy of a contract as...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Mar 25, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Two weeks ago Friday, David Brooks – upon learning that the U.S. unemployment rate had fallen to 7.7% in February with over 200,000 new jobs added – told Judy Woodward on the Newshour that if one combined the good jobs news with the bad...