Where the party has no control Sheila March 19, 2008 Â With the eruption of violence in Tibet that still rages, and the crackdown by Chinese police on people demonstrating for Read More
Meanwhile, in other news Sheila March 18, 2008 The path of non-violence is not working even for the Dalai Lama. A Chinese crackdown can test even a monk’Read More
What constitutes change? Sheila March 8, 2008 The willingness to communicate privately with revolutionary forces? And favorably communicate, by the way… The March 1 death strike by the Read More
While the news folks aren’t paying attention Sheila February 23, 2008 Comedian Jay Leno does a regular routine on real headlines that…must have been written on deadline. I wonder if Read More
What to make of Daniel Ortega’s endorsement Sheila February 15, 2008 With all the endorsements blazing through the news, some news folks wonder aloud how much they really matter. Though in Read More
A good show is more important than Sheila February 14, 2008 China can’t hide the human rights violations and persecutions they are carrying out in order to devote the maximum Read More
All that would constitute ‘change’ Sheila February 12, 2008 I’ve been traveling, away from computers, but deeply immersed in conversations with thoughtful associates and scholars about the political Read More
The Voice of America Sheila January 30, 2008 Anybody paying attention notices the similarity between the genocide that happened in Rwanda and the violence running rampant right now Read More
While we’re preoccupied with our elections Sheila January 30, 2008 Major crises are happening in other parts of the world that affect us all, and certainly will confront the new Read More
Blessed are the peacemakers Sheila January 13, 2008 President Bush has visited some of the most sacred and powerfully moving sites in the Holy Land over the past Read More