Center for Strategic Communication

DoubleQuotes in the Wild: Iraq Redux?

[ by Charles Cameron — noted in passing, hat tip to Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, who retweeted this from Leo Shane III ] . I feel like there's a disconnect here … pic.twitter.com/rs1rkGznqi — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) August 8, 2014 ** Of course, a...

Regarding the Lesser and Greater Sludges

[ 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...

On Magic: Jane’s and the Jesuits

[ by Charles Cameron — a brief note on my own bi-focal vision, with appreciation to Marina Warner ] . ** I was just reading Marina Warner‘s recent essay On Magic — and protective magic in particular — and was struck by the phrase: Calligraphic...

Warren McCulloch’s lifetime koan

[ by Charles Cameron — from intuitive leap to confirmation in a celebrated paper by neurophysiologist and cybernetician Warren McCulloch ] . As I mentioned in my earlier post, Close reading, Synoptic- and Sembl-style, for parallels, patterns, there are times...

Recap: on HipBone / Sembl Thinking

[ by Charles Cameron — briefly picking up a strand from an earlier post & running with it ] . Some of the fish in the pool HipBone / Sembl swims in – slide credit Cath Styles, & h/t Derek Robinson** I just wanted to reiterate an Einstein quote...