by Lynn C. Rees | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
John Francis Mercer Politics is the division of power. Or so it is axiomatic for me. Politics is also a market in violence-backed assets, with tribute, resource flows captured and secured by violence (or the threat thereof) being the most prized. Most political...
by zen | Jul 17, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Dr. Chet Richards had some kind words to say about my review of American Spartan the other day and added some Boydian strategic analysis to the saga of Major Jim Gant to boot: Zen Pundit on American Spartan ….As...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — an assassination attempt, a book review — and a counterpoint of musicians ] . ** I have mentioned Raza Rumi only once before on Zenpundit, in Darfur question… and wider Sufi ripples two years ago. This week, however, there was an...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 9, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — leaping as far out of the box from Education: on Engineers, the Navy — and excuse me, Jihad as I can manage ] . Director / Actor Jean Renoir as Octave in Rules of the Game ** Let me dive directly in at the deep end. If, as Keith Oatley...
by zen | Jan 10, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] The Independent has a short, quasi-sensationalist, article featuring historian Margaret MacMillan discussing what is likely to become the first pop academic cottage industry of 2014….making historical analogies about...
