by Anil Powers | Dec 9, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads San Bernardino Shooting Investigation: Past Plot and Recent Loan are Latest Clues Greg Botelho, Catherine E. Shoichet, Pamela Brown / CNN Investigators believe shooter Syed Rizwan Farook may have been plotting an earlier attack in California with...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 20, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Mullah Omar, the Prophet’s cloak in Kandahar, & the title “Amir al-Mu’minin” ] . A man prays at the Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet, Kandahar. Photo: Tomas Munita/AP ** My latest for LapidoMedia begins: ON...
by Cecilia Li | Aug 12, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Syrian air strikes kill 31, rebels bombard Damascus: monitor John Davison and Naline Malla / Reuters Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held areas near Damascus killed at least 31 people on Wednesday, and insurgents bombarded the capital with...
by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jul 30, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads American Security Project Launches Business Council for American Security Maggie Feldman-Piltch / American Security Project American Security Project announces the launch of The Business Council for American Security (BCAS). The Council will be...
by zen | Jul 4, 2015 | Monitor
[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...