Center for Strategic Communication

DoubleQuotes in the Wild: Iraq Redux?

[ by Charles Cameron — noted in passing, hat tip to Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, who retweeted this from Leo Shane III ] . I feel like there's a disconnect here … pic.twitter.com/rs1rkGznqi — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) August 8, 2014 ** Of course, a...

Krishna, Oppie and the Bomb

[ by Charles Cameron — following a lead from Adam Elkus, a little more on the (Hindu) theological side of the Trinity test ] . ** WHen Oppenheimer saw the first nuclear fireball — apart from those supposedly recorded in legend, the sun in the sky, and...

Hipbone’s Games, Emlyn’s critique

[ 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,...

Regarding the Lesser and Greater Sludges

[ by Charles Cameron — the warnings, the lack of response, the tragedy, and a diagnosis of the underlying, near-universal human condition ] . Devastation wrought by the Lesser Sludge, Snohomish County, WA, March 2014 ** Hear ye! Hear ye! The most stunning...

March 16th: Purim, or Israel vs Iran redux?

[ by Charles Cameron — still trying to cover some of the major feasts and fasts of the world’s religions in calendar time, which can open on occasion into timelessness — Chag Purim Sameach! ] . Jan Lievens, The Feast of Esther, ca 1625 From the North...