by T. Greer | Jun 2, 2015 | Monitor
[By T. Greer] . We’re honored and delighted to announce that blog-friend and commenter T Greer has accepted Zen’s invitation to join us as a member of the Zenpundit team, and trust the following post in two parts will stir fruitful conversation not only...
by zen | May 5, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] T. Greer of Scholar’s Stage has an exemplary post comparing the philosophy of English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes with medieval Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, who described a critical component of a...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Apr 28, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis In three days, the international media will have long forgotten last week’s centenary of the Armenian “genocide” and moved on to the fortieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, an event in history which still reigns as a...
by zen | Mar 19, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] Lavrenty Beria (center) Russian President and brazen strongman Vladimir Putin reappeared Monday, looking wan and a little uncomfortable for the cameras, but jesting at the mad swirl of internet rumors sparked by his...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Mar 2, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The Blame Game had already begun less than 24 hours after Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge in the shadow of the Kremlin. The Russian propaganda machine – well in overdrive for a year – is now pointing the finger...