by Charles Cameron | Oct 9, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — first in a series in which the language makes a difference ] . Can we just call this grouping what it is… Al Qaeda. Pure and simple and not fricking new. — Leah Farrall (@allthingsct) September 23, 2014 ** There is this...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 19, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — accuracy in naming, and the potentially dire consequences of theological insults ] . On February 3rd, Hassan Hassan, a columnist for the English daily The National in the UAE, wrote a piece titled Five Reasons Why It Is Stupid To Say ISIL...
by Charles Cameron | May 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from “whistleblowers” via the interpretation of hadith to Aztec sacrifice and Christian Eucharist ] . Whistleblowing in Thailand (upper panel, above), which I wrote about in my previous post, is a literal matter, and whistles...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 21, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in hope that improved mutual understanding across a range of conflict situations will provide some viable alternatives to needlessly violent solutions ] . ** Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article published in the New Yorker at the end of last...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 24, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — oh, the sheer delightful drudgery of finding patterns everywhere ] . I’ll start this post, as I did the previous one to which this is a sort of appendix, with a (deeply strange, tell me about it) example of the… Matrioshka...
