by Charles Cameron | Jan 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how sky differs from heaven, and what that means for morale and jihad ] . ** Okay, that Spartans / Battle of Badr DoubleQuote above is just a teaser, locating us in the general zone of morale.. What I’d really like to offer you here...
by Lynn C. Rees | Jul 18, 2014 | Monitor
[redacted with extreme prejudice by Lynn C. Rees] Our relations with Spain the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) remain nearly in the state in which they were at the close of the last session. The convention of 1802 Oslo Accords of 1991 and 1995, providing for the...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 16, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — always on the watch for the symbolic ] . First, let’s admit that the cattle-rancher archetype has immense popular appeal. Here’s the header from the Bundy Ranch website: That’s pretty hard to beat, no? ** As ever,...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 30, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles and Emlyn Cameron — my thousandth ZP post, and his first — in which my son schools me in making my games more responsive to the requirements of decision-support ] . Alexander Calder, "Yellow Sail", 1950, Weatherspoon Art Museum,...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 22, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a brief note on my own bi-focal vision, with appreciation to Marina Warner ] . ** I was just reading Marina Warner‘s recent essay On Magic — and protective magic in particular — and was struck by the phrase: Calligraphic...
