Center for Strategic Communication

A misappropriated image?

[ by Charles Cameron — minor correction to a USG CVE tweet ] . pic.twitter.com/ofmYeFGNsx — Think AgainTurn Away (@ThinkAgain_DOS) February 18, 2016 ** I don’t think there’s any room for doubt about the Islamic State enslaving captured women and...

ISIS: Paganism with an Islamic Face?

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen“] “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Moloch, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.” – Leviticus 18:21  “They rejected the commandments of the Lord … and...

On sneers, smears, and mutual sniping

[ by Charles Cameron — not exactly an enthusiast of negative campaigning ] . I’ve been having a series of conversations with my friend Tom Merino recently, and a couple of days ago he suggested two quotes to me for comparison: I’ve formatted them in...

Intellectuals and their Romance with Political Barbarism

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] Martin Heidegger, Eric Hobsbawm and Ezra Pound A  meandering post inspired by Reason Magazine and Charles Cameron. Reason.com is best known for giving a scrappy libertarian take on current events, crime, technology and pop...