by Charles Cameron | Sep 16, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how Bill Benzon and Will Shakespeare lead me to Angus Wilson and Ruth Ozeki ] . Comments are now closed on my fairly recent post, Triangulation: Hoboken, Ramesses II, Ozymandias, so I can’t add there to the strand of the discussion...
by Charles Cameron | May 26, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — piecing together an understanding – Shi’ite militia, Iraq ] . Reuters reported today: Pentagon slams “unhelpful” Iraqi code name for Ramadi offensive WASHINGTON May 26 The Pentagon on Tuesday said it was...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — when religion casts a long and violent shadow ] . cover art for the Unholy album, New Life behind Closed Eyes ** Unholy may prove to be a very useful word, I think. It’s not secular, it’s not irreligious, it doesn’t lack...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 27, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — really just a note to myself, but you may read it over my shoulder ] . Joas Wagemakers, blogging on Jihadi-Salafi views of the Islamic State at the Washington Post, was talking about the “caliphate” today, and as usual, I went...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 8, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — at the heart not of the political entity, Iran, but of the Persian culture and people, can be found a king’s ransom in poetry and song ] . The sensual and the spiritual meet, melt, meld, merge, and dare I say it, emerge to suit each...
