by Charles Cameron | May 18, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — with an extended riff on the apocalyptic significance of Chernobyl, as mentioned by the Idaho curmudgeon, Walt Bayes ] . This may be the most remarkable piece of political theater I have ever seen It’s the debate between four...
by zen | Mar 14, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen”] Russia, borrowing a tactic used by the Soviets with unruly satellites, has massed a fair amount of troops on the eastern border of Ukraine under the guise of “military exercises” This has spurred much commentary...
by zen | Nov 14, 2013 | Monitor
Chinese Navy [by Mark Safranski, a.k. a. “zen”] The editors of the excellent War of the Rocks invited me to post a short rebuttal to the op-ed “How Not to Go to War With China”, by Scott Cheney-Peters, which appears in their “Hasty Ambush”...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 20, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on human obstinacy, a change of heart, and what seems to me a major piece from Res Militaris ] . There’s a pattern of backlash that occurs when you present people with facts that don’t fit their preconceptions — they...
by zen | Oct 7, 2013 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Several weeks ago, Cheryl Rofer wrote an important post analyzing the report “Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action” by Microsoft billionaire, venture capitalist, theoretical mathematician and cookbook author, Dr. Nathan...
