by Charles Cameron | Aug 27, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — my title is taken from the book of Job — known to Islam as the prophet Ayyub — chapter 38 verse 7 ] . Let’s begin with Qur’an 22. 40: I can deeply appreciate a perspective as respectful as this. ** Consequently, I...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 25, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Escher, Mallarmé, Jarry, Macdonald, and Alex Schmid ] . Sources: Stuart Macdonald, entry in “Defining terrorism: an impossible puzzle” contest Stéphane Mallarmé, Un Coup de Dés Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard The DoubleQuote...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 22, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a delectable DoubleQuote featuring art movements and troop movements in parallel, wedge-wise ] . Here’s a terrific DoubleQuote: Avant-garde: advanced force tasked w/ engaging the enemy, binding him, & ensuring liberty of action...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 19, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — this post is mostly concerned with unintended consequences in foreign policy, not Berndnaut Smilde‘s intended and dramatic clouds, but hey! ] . Nimbus Sankt Peter, 2014. Artist: Berndnaut Smilde ** Obama said in an interview on Vice...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the election itself a one day affair, and may even be settled by the time you read this — but the impact lingers, and the complex balancing of forces in the region remains ] . ** Nothing is ever black-and-white, it seems to me...
