by zen | Feb 18, 2014 | Monitor
As I mentioned previously, I needed to make a more substantive reply to Victor Allen’s claims for R2P. I am very tardy in doing so, for which I apologize to Mr. Allen but better late than not at all. While addressing some of Victor’s specific points, I...
by zen | Feb 9, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq by John Dower Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by William Shirer Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II by Michael Burleigh ...
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...
by J.ScottShipman | Dec 18, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Jim Hasik’s White Board Outline At the suggestion of Adam Elkus, we were privileged to host our first “local” Boyd and Beyond event on 15 December. We had 14 attend, and five speakers. Logistically, we turned our family...
by zen | Nov 11, 2012 | Monitor
My co-blogger Charles Cameron is fond of his “DoubleQuotes” postings that feature frequently uncomfortable juxtapositions designed to prod thinking. Here’s a wordier one from me: ….Planning for a second term has been under way for months, with...
