by Charles Cameron | Mar 18, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on the necessary simultaneity of temporal and eternal perspectives ] . ** First as to glamour -– it may help to reflect that glamour, our word, comes not from Vogue but from the same origins as grammar (referring to languages) and...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 24, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on the focus of similarity — sameness or differences? ] . As I said recently, juxtaposition does not imply eqivalence. It is only too easy these days to see a headline like Chess is ‘haram and a waste of time,’ says grand...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 27, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on juxtaposition as a force-multiplier in the war of ideas ] . Two potent examples of what I term DoubleQuotes in the Wild: ‘Call of Jihad’: ISIS Turns to Video Games, Hollywood to Reach Recruits https://t.co/gYSjUceJBj...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 20, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on gaming “living and moral forces” — with a whiff or two of Montaigne ] . ** Let’s start with Clausewitz, On War. He says — and we’d be wise to pay attention — “most of the matters dealt...
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...
