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Terrorism, a ‘Pataphysical “definition”

[ by Charles Cameron — Escher, Mallarmé, Jarry, Macdonald, and Alex Schmid ] . Sources: Stuart Macdonald, entry in “Defining terrorism: an impossible puzzle” contest Stéphane Mallarmé, Un Coup de Dés Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard The DoubleQuote...

Now, about taklif, and about parawar?

[ by Charles Cameron — two learnings about Hezbollah, in process and with one question each ] . . The trouble with this internet thing is that it offers nonstop opportunities for learning. I hope my readers here at Zenpundit know by now that I’m an amateur...

The Boston Bombers and Superempowerment

My friend Dave Schuler who blogs at the excellent The Glittering Eye and on foreign policy at Dr. James Joyner’s Outside the Beltway , queried me as to what I thought of the Boston Bombers in light of the concept of the Superempowered Individual. For those not...