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 Charles Cameron | Jan 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — slightly tongue-in-cheek, intrigued at a rhetorical level, not sure who here, if anyone, necessarily believes the words they speak ] . Okay, let’s see now. In December 2009, Israeli PM Netanyahu said, “You don’t want a messianic...
by Lynn C. Rees | Apr 26, 2013 | Monitor
[The views and opinions expressed here are solely the responsibility of Lynn C. Rees. They may not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions of Zenpundit] To deter, Barack Obama has publicly drawn a red line between tolerable and intolerable. We now watch to...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 22, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — divine protection in Israel and Kentucky ] . . So who needs an Iron Dome, or Star Wars? I really don’t have access to the Rabbi’s full and detailed views on the matter, but based on what the Jerusalem Post reports, he appears...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 4, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Zen, Mahdism, and the importance of details ] . If you hear the phrase, “Details, details” from time to time, you may have noticed it is often accompanied by a sigh. . I’m never quite clear on which came first, the saying...
