by Charles Cameron | Jul 3, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — wishing you all blessings on the Fourth ] . My eye was caught today by yet another disaster — which in turn reminded me of tomorrow, the Fourth of July. It’s just one example among many: Flood hits mosque in Pakistan, dozens...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 28, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — and a tradition of natural philosophy profound enough to include Francis of Assisi ] . It’s a small point, perhaps, but M. Anthony Mills had a piece in The New Atlantis last Fall titled Is Pope Francis Anti-Modern? — which I...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 3, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — some light refreshment after dark sides and devilish walks ] . ** Sources: Sohrab Sepehri, Poetic Voices of the Muslim World Wallace Black Elk, The Greenfield Review, vol 9, double issue 3 & 4 with thanks to Joseph Bruchac &...
by Charles Cameron | May 7, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — comparing two recent landslides for scale, and a conundrum ] . Abi Barak, Afghanistan: 2,100 believed buried . Oso, Washington: 41 dead, 2 missing . I wanted these two images to be as large as the Zenpundit format would permit, and fear...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 29, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the warnings, the lack of response, the tragedy, and a diagnosis of the underlying, near-universal human condition ] . Devastation wrought by the Lesser Sludge, Snohomish County, WA, March 2014 ** Hear ye! Hear ye! The most stunning...