by zen | Jan 25, 2013 | Monitor
The Center for Combating Terrorism at West Point released a report on domestic terrorism that raised hackles for a number of reasons. Despite the dismissals of liberal political pundits, the reasons for objections to the CTC report are legitimate but they did not need...
by zen | Dec 17, 2012 | Monitor
Everyone in America has seen the latest results of another dangerously mentally ill loner with family members who were in denial about the severity of his condition or disconnected from him. The killer, Adam Lanza, shot shot his own mother in the face before...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 22, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — i suppose this is about the state’s claim to a monopoly of violence, seen from both ends ] . I don’t want to go too far with this one, and I’ll start with the turkey and pardon, because pardon and forgiveness and...
by zen | Oct 6, 2012 | Monitor
Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez Shlok Vaidya did an early review of Kill Decision here previously. I finally have caught up to Shlok and I’m ready to add my two cents without giving away any spoilers: First, I enjoyed the book. Kill Decision is a tense,...
by zen | Oct 2, 2012 | Monitor
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken criticism for Chicago’s skyrocketing homicide rate which stands this year at a shocking 19.4 per 100,000 residents. This is roughly triple the murder rate in New York City, is worse than in perennially crime-ridden Oakland and is...
