by zen | Sep 11, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] Thomas Wade, long time ZP reader reminded me this morning of the post I wrote on the 10th anniversary of September 11. If anything the world has changed for the worse. Will we change course? I don’t know. The Nine Eleven...
by zen | Mar 25, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / a.k.a “zen“] The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House […] by Zalmay Khalilzad Just received a courtesy review copy of The Envoy, the memoir of Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, from Christine at St. Martin’s Press. Khalilzad...
by Charles Cameron | Feb 9, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a mental long-jump, following Sceenius: the macro in micro, Nepal ] . It’s a stretch, I know, and whether it will prove a useful leap or not I have no idea — but for the record, this detail from slide 8 of the Sceenius promo...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — even after death, snakes can bite you — plus a quick look at someone Baghdadi may have termed an “effeminate pilot” ] . Major Mariam Al Mansouri, first female UAE's pilot who took part in the strikes against #ISIS...
by J.ScottShipman | Nov 10, 2014 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] To Make and Keep Peace, Among Ourselves and with All Nations, by Angelo M. Codevilla Recently I had opportunity to read the latest issue of the Claremont Review of Books, and in the issue was a lengthy review of Angelo Codevilla’s latest...
