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ISIS: Paganism with an Islamic Face?

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen“] “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Moloch, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.” – Leviticus 18:21  “They rejected the commandments of the Lord … and...

Angels considered as an Air Force

[ by Charles Cameron — when not dancing innumerably on the heads of pins ] . I responded to a question from David Ronfeldt today by saying I don’t know of a book that offers a “a sustained, point-for-point, systematic, thorough comparison”...

The Death of 4GW Revisited

Dr. Chet Richards is having seconds thoughts about “4GW is dead“: When I proclaimed the death of 4GW in this very blog about a year ago? Of course not. But there are disturbing developments, at least in its decline-of-the-state/road-warrior variant (aka,...

Ronfeldt’s In-Depth Review of America 3.0

   David Ronfeldt, RAND strategist and theorist has done a deep two-part  review of America 3.0 over at his Visions from Two Theories blog. Ronfeldt has been spending the last few years developing his TIMN analytic framework (Tribes, Institutions [hierarchical],...

Paging John Arquilla & David Ronfeldt

[ by Charles Cameron — on the West Coast ] . Sources: John Arquilla, Killer Swarms RT, East coast of US braces for billions-strong cicada swarm ** Exodus 10. 3-6: And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the...