by zen | Feb 22, 2014 | Monitor
William Lind had a very important piece regarding an extraordinarily ill-considered move by the Navy brass: The Navy Commits Intellectual Seppuku The December, 2013 issue of the Naval Institute’s Proceedings contains an article, “Don’t Say Goodbye to Intellectual...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the game of Connect the Dots in play and practice ] . CIA's (now ret’d) Nada Bakos examines the Al Qaida board in the HBO docu, Manhunt. Manhunt, the HBO documentary, does what (not having been there and seen that at the time)...
by AdamElkus | Oct 29, 2013 | Monitor
(by Adam Elkus. I will be guest posting occasionally at Zenpundit. I am a PhD student in Computational Social Science at George Mason University, and a blogger at The Fair Jilt, CTOVision, Analyst One, and my own blog of Rethinking Security. I write a column for War...
by zen | Jul 31, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Mark Safranski a.k.a “zen”] Longtime friend of ZP, Adam Elkus interviews our own Charles Cameron at the highly regarded Abu Muqawama blog: Interview Charles Cameron [….] AE: How has the study of apocalyptic tropes and culture changed (if it...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 28, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — reflections on cognitive empowerment by selective noticing ] . . I just realized that I take notice of details at the level of “geometry aka logic” which I would miss if I were more focused on content. In effect, I treat...