by zen | Jun 18, 2016 | Monitor
[Mark Safranski / “zen“] Today, I’m pleased to offer a guest post by LtCol. Bob Weimann, USMC (ret.) . Weimann is the former Commanding Officer, Kilo Co., 3/1 and Weapons Company 3/1. He also served as a Marine Security Force Company commanding...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the moral arc of history from Billie Holliday via MLK to Obama — and beyond, who knows? ] . Our topic here is foresight — prediction, prophecy, prognosis, projection. ** The Legatum Institute today tweeted a Pew Research...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 1, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron – omnium gatherum — USMC predicting 2045 — is 2031 The End? — Saudis. friend or foe? ] . Splitting hairs, atoms, black swans? I’m thinking of Lise Meitner as I view the Marine Corps’ ambitiously titled Security...
by zen | Mar 6, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] General James N. “Mad Dog ” Mattis, USMC (ret.), the semi-legendary, no-nonsense, fighting general of our recent wars, beloved by his Marines, has accepted a Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at the highly...
by zen | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] We at ZP would like to thank Colonel Stan Coerr for his permission to reprint this essay, written on the eve of his retirement last July, after a quarter century of of military service in the Marine Corps Reserve and on...