by Charles Cameron | Dec 15, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — first of two quick posts, this one’s about when the same is the same and when it isn’t quite ] . Dahlia Iyad, a member of Black September in the Thomas Harris novel, Black Sunday, is portrayed (above) in John...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 22, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — sincerity and symmetry as the basis for dialog and negotiation ] . . If you read me regularly, you know I’m passionate about form as well as content. Here’s the New York Times report on the interactions between Presidents Obama...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 21, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — glimpsing the Necker Cube effect, when the weapons of war meet the prayers of peace ] . Necker cube image credit — youramazingbrain.org . A while back I co-authored a book with a physician friend, Cleaves Bennett MD, on the control...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 20, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — this began with two quotes about the killing of Ahmed al-Jabari and ended up reminding me of traffic flows ] . So very much depends on nuance, doesn’t it? There are, after all, one-way streets and two-way streets: Surely...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 26, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — with a pinch of humility which, if you ask me, burns hotter than any pepper ] . . Micah Zenko at the Council on Foreign Relations‘ Politics, Power, and Preventive Action blog raised a question yesterday that I found irresistible:...
