by Charles Cameron | Nov 29, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a couple of grace-notes while I’m working on my review of Will McCants‘ book, The ISIS Apocalypse ] . One: My first note concerns the elegant way in which McCants‘ view of the changing state of IS eschatology as it has...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 1, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — some unexpected and enlightening juxtapositions ] . Three textual DoubleQuotes: The first, as you’ll see, consists of two brief excerpts from David Ignatius‘ Atlantic piece, How ISIS Spread in the Middle East, which is worth...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 6, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — observing with interest the slow turning of the tides ] . That was then: When King George V went to Nepal in 1911, he killed 39 tigers, 18 rhinoceroses and 4 bears. http://t.co/J462ghqHKA pic.twitter.com/qCQzsGFqOy — Anup Kaphle...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 25, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — CIA, Osama, gaming, and I ] . What I have in my collection, somewhere: and what CIA has in theirs: ** In search of our respective lost childhoods? À la recherche du temps perdu? To be honest, I think the gameplay in mine’s a bit more...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — 3 Quarks Daily, Boston Apocalyptic conference, LapidoMedia, World Religions and Spirituality Project, Bellingcat, Loopcast, Pragati, Sembl ] . First, please vote! . My story, War in Heaven, is in the running for the 3 Quarks Daily Arts...