Center for Strategic Communication

Islamic State — hanging by a chad?

[ by Charles Cameron — light-hearted, almost science-fictional “butterfly-hurricane” question in geopolitics, with an Elkus follow-up ] . A scene from the 2000 Florida recount: Palm Beach County’s canvassing board chairman eyes a questionable...

Is Poetry plus Science a zero sum game?

[ by Charles Cameron — for Adam Elkus ] . A case study in the heliotrope: Do we gain as much in science as we lose in poetry, when we switch explanatory frameworks? F Scott Fitzgerald: The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed...

With gratitude for today’s twitter feast..

[ by Charles Cameron — high risk furniture — a single tweet with linked explanation, plus two sets of tweets I’d like to see further explained, explored and examined ] . First, a single tweet from Max Fisher with a catchy title and link, where the...