by Charles Cameron | Oct 28, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Nina Paley is as strong an argument as I know both for the idea that individual genius exists, and (not so paradoxically) that it arises OTSOG — “On the shoulders of giants” as Robert Merton has it ] . It’s always a...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 27, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from Oklahoma via Moses in Egypt and Lurianic Kabbala in Safed to the contemporary understanding of tikkun olam ] . A deranged man drove his car into a 6′ representation of the 10 Commandments near the Oklahoma state Capitol a day or...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 21, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — also the Latin Breviary in 24 letters, and the meaning of blood and dots ] . I was aware of the Arabic letter nun: ISIS place this on the walls of the homes of Christians. The letter “Nun” for the word Nasara (????? :...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 10, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from Gaza to Mt Sinjar and beyond, the universality and singularity of grief ] . One grief at a time is enough. It is “unbearable”, meaning that it arrives at the limit of what we single humans can possibly endure. How can one...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 6, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on the godliness of collateral child slaughter, viewed from the perspective of “he will become cruel to the compassionate” ] . Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps, Psalm 137 ** At the end of my second...
