by zen | Jul 17, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Dr. Chet Richards had some kind words to say about my review of American Spartan the other day and added some Boydian strategic analysis to the saga of Major Jim Gant to boot: Zen Pundit on American Spartan ….As...
by Charles Cameron | May 12, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — “if wishes were horses” as the saying goes ] . The BBC made a point of showing a group of the schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity in contrast with some of those who escaped… ** Here’s Col Pat Lang‘s assessment...
by Charles Cameron | May 10, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — following up on Boko Haram “makes Kony look like child’s play” while continuing my explorations in stereocognition, along with two dazzling quotes about music ] . It happened to be the tweet from Elizabeth Pearson in the...
by Charles Cameron | May 7, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — some angles on Boko Haram ]. . Boko Haram is irreducibly complex, quoth Tehu Cole: I understand the impulse to "do something." But Boko Haram is irreducibly complex. Makes Kony look like child's play. http://t.co/Vv3pYiycqK...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — an assassination attempt, a book review — and a counterpoint of musicians ] . ** I have mentioned Raza Rumi only once before on Zenpundit, in Darfur question… and wider Sufi ripples two years ago. This week, however, there was an...
