Center for Strategic Communication

Of literal and metaphorical readings

by | 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...

Regarding the Lesser and Greater Sludges

by | Mar 29, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — the warnings, the lack of response, the tragedy, and a diagnosis of the underlying, near-universal human condition ] . Devastation wrought by the Lesser Sludge, Snohomish County, WA, March 2014 ** Hear ye! Hear ye! The most stunning...

You say Ezekiel and I say Ezequiel

by | Mar 3, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — Keith Oatley’s theatre as simulation that runs on minds applied v briefly to two Ezekiel narratives ] . Here’s the transcript of a conversation in a car between FBI Agents Shane Daughtry and Eve Rearden, from the 2011 movie...

Narco-cartels as MBAs Doing 4GW

by | Jan 7, 2014 | Monitor

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”]   Yale organizational behaviorist Rodrigo Canales has an interesting talk on the Narco-insurgency in Mexico ( which he correctly sees as having been as lethal as Syria’s civil war). While this won’t be...