by zen | Dec 12, 2012 | Monitor
An excellent post from Adam Elkus – strongly recommended! The State Problem In National Security Policy ….The report makes a lot of comments about the rise of individual autonomy, the empowering of regional network-cities, and technology’s acceleration of...
by zen | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy by John R. Hale “I cannot tune a harp or play a lyre, but I know how to make a small city great.” – Themistocles Nautical archaeologist Dr. John R. Hale, an expert on bronze...
by zen | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
I was going to comment on the death of the famed historian who was the Soviet Union’s most venerable and shameless apologist, but I was beaten to it in a brilliant piece by British blogger and fellow Chicago Boyz member, Helen Szamuely: A great Communist crime...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 29, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — more food for thought on religious and irreligious outrage — and Paris again, too ] . Michel Mourre (in friar's habit) and Serge Berna reviewing "The Declaration of Mourre". It will not have escaped the eagle-eyed...
by zen | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
“Clausewitz wants us to accept the practical reality that these dynamic forces are ever-present and constantly interacting in the everyday world….” I just finished reading a working paper by Professor Christopher Bassford he has posted at...