by zen | Jan 7, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Yale organizational behaviorist Rodrigo Canales has an interesting talk on the Narco-insurgency in Mexico ( which he correctly sees as having been as lethal as Syria’s civil war). While this won’t be...
by Lynn C. Rees | Jun 25, 2013 | Monitor
[dots connected by Lynn C. Rees] Sigh What did Lucius Aemilius Paullus know and when did he know it? The path inaugurated by that question follows a specific route. A route is lit up by every move you make and every step you take. At least if online. In the...
by zen | Dec 17, 2012 | Monitor
Everyone in America has seen the latest results of another dangerously mentally ill loner with family members who were in denial about the severity of his condition or disconnected from him. The killer, Adam Lanza, shot shot his own mother in the face before...
by zen | Dec 14, 2012 | Monitor
The Violent Image by Neville Bolt Columbia University Press just sent me a review copy of The Violent Image, by Dr. Neville Bolt of King’s College vaunted War Studies Department. Initially, I was amused by the colorful book jacket, but flipping through, it...
by J.ScottShipman | Nov 20, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941, by Charles E. Kirkpatrick Mr. Kirkpatrick’s little book provides an excellent primer to the formulation of the United States’ WWII strategy and a refreshing...
