by zen | Oct 20, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] Don Vandergriff facilitating Adaptive Soldier/Leader exercises at Fort Benning Fred Leland at LESC Blog recently had a guest post up by Dan Grazier from the Project on Government Oversight regarding the important work Don...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 12, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on the travails of negotiators & peacemakers ] . I’m thinking of the simple, three-player version of the children’s game called Piggy in the Middle. Two plays face each other and toss a ball back and forth, while a third...
by Charles Cameron | May 25, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the Greek word for gospel, euangelion, literally means good news — these news items from the last month or so are good ] . Sources: Times of Israel, Hard to deny a Holocaust your father saved Jews from Ha’Aretz, In one...
by zen | Oct 9, 2012 | Monitor
“War is more than a true chameleon that slightly adapts its characteristics to the given case. As a total phenomenon its dominant tendencies always make war a remarkable trinity–composed of primordial violence, hatred, and enmity, which are to be regarded...
by zen | Sep 18, 2012 | Monitor
SWJ Blog has a new post up with an important and all too timely article on transition operations whose authors include an amigo of mine, Pete Turner, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. Turner will also be one of the featured speakers at the Boyd & Beyond...