by Charles Cameron | Sep 16, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how Bill Benzon and Will Shakespeare lead me to Angus Wilson and Ruth Ozeki ] . Comments are now closed on my fairly recent post, Triangulation: Hoboken, Ramesses II, Ozymandias, so I can’t add there to the strand of the discussion...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 23, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — NSFW, I repeat, NSFW , maybe ] . You can be photoshopped from Canada to France, Sikh to Muslim, &c — That’s an iPad, not a Quran, and the Dastar (turban) is worn by Sikhs. pic.twitter.com/xkKzJ0G65f — Grasswire Fact Check...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 19, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — accuracy in naming, and the potentially dire consequences of theological insults ] . On February 3rd, Hassan Hassan, a columnist for the English daily The National in the UAE, wrote a piece titled Five Reasons Why It Is Stupid To Say ISIL...
by Charles Cameron | May 9, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — an argument on behalf of the Fulbrights from the words of Muhammad Ali ] . Muhammad Ali famously described his strategy versus Sonny Liston thus: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t...
by zen | Jul 3, 2013 | Monitor
At Small Wars Journal a provocative essay by Col. Dale C. Eikmeier: Give Carl von Clausewitz and the Center of Gravity a Divorce ….Because we love Carl von Clausewitz and the center of gravity concept, we need to grant them a divorce- for our sake. We tried for...