by Lynn C. Rees | Jan 9, 2015 | Monitor
January 8, 1815, 200 years ago today, the British Empire was sentenced to oblivion. As Andrew Jackson killed the infernal Bank of the United States, a frustrated Congressman, opposed to Jackson, jotted down his thoughts. The first jot was draft of a resolution...
by Lynn C. Rees | Oct 15, 2014 | Monitor
[pre-acknowledged by Lynn C. Rees] Meet Edward Mandell House: Mr. House has a reputation for being wise and inscrutable. He was also nicknamed “Colonel” House. We need not refer to him by that nickname here. While Mr. House did have a name, he never...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 17, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — i don’t do much in the way of cat pics, so here’s a timely geopolitical unicorn for you ] . What with the Whole Wired World looking a bit both “1984″ and “Brave New” this week, and with Turkey clearly...
