by zen | Jul 28, 2013 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski a.k.a. “zen”] Since Pakistan is now attempting to get its victory over the United States in Afghanistan formally ratified, now seemed to be a good time to reflect on the performance of American statesmen, politicians and senior generals....
by Charles Cameron | May 3, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — concerning the Dajjal, the Muslim antichrist — and introducing “jottings” ] . . That’s witty — Wikipeetia, a version of Wikipedia that you may some day find yourself reading if you mis-spell a search term....
by zen | Feb 20, 2013 | Monitor
Grand Blog Tarkin is hosting a symposium on the Battle of Hoth. Sparked by WIRED magazine’s original debate begun by Spencer Ackerman, Grand blog Tarkin’s Symposium features some of the finest sci-fi war nerd speculation from keen strategic thinkers from...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 21, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — lightweight, feel free to ignore ] . . It isn’t Santa. It’s the image from Raffaello Pantucci‘s piece, Islamists in Africa emerge as threat to West, for the BBC. Raff’s a recently-minted Senior Research Fellow of...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 15, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — fast cars, bumper stickers — and no mention of loose women ] . — I’m not a member of the Baader-Mainhof gang. The sentence that drives my title is this one, from How BMW Became A Terrorist Icon In The 1970s (And How It...
