by Charles Cameron | Feb 11, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the Pope announces his retirement — from a life of power to a life of prayer ] . ** The Code of Canon Law states in Canon 332, No. 2: If it should happen that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that he...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 8, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — not just “thinking outside the box” — how about upending the whole thing and seeing what shakes out? ] . FWIW, this isn't the world, nor is it upside down — it's just a rather different map, eh?. A...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Putin the Magnificent and his gaggle of geese ] . — upper image from the motion picture soundtrack album In the film version, according to Wikipedia, there’s “an emergency landing at a U.S. Air Force base on Lake...
by J.ScottShipman | Aug 30, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Since the original post of “No one is really listening, they are just pretending,” there are indications that pretending may actually be doing institutional harm. The US Naval Institue recently sponsored the Joint Warfighting...