by Lynn C. Rees | Jul 18, 2014 | Monitor
[redacted with extreme prejudice by Lynn C. Rees] Our relations with Spain the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) remain nearly in the state in which they were at the close of the last session. The convention of 1802 Oslo Accords of 1991 and 1995, providing for the...
by zen | May 14, 2014 | Monitor
Zen here – we would like to give a warm welcome to Stephanie Chenault, with her first guest post at ZP! : [ by Stephanie Chenault] “Violence and bloodshed can never have morally good results” – The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare Saving South Sudan...
by Charles Cameron | May 10, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how, where and why the name, the map, and the flag merge into reality — Gregory Bateson to the rescue ] . I am indebted for this screengrab to Phillip Smyth, whose recent Singing Hizballah’s Tune in Manama: Why Are Bahrain’s...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in mental preparation for tonight’s lunar eclipse, together with some quick eschatology, plenty of blood, and an Incan jaguar ] . The upper panel, above, shows a detail of Hieronymus Bosch‘s Ghent representation of Christ...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 22, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a brief note on my own bi-focal vision, with appreciation to Marina Warner ] . ** I was just reading Marina Warner‘s recent essay On Magic — and protective magic in particular — and was struck by the phrase: Calligraphic...
