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Recap: on HipBone / Sembl Thinking

[ by Charles Cameron — briefly picking up a strand from an earlier post & running with it ] . Some of the fish in the pool HipBone / Sembl swims in – slide credit Cath Styles, & h/t Derek Robinson** I just wanted to reiterate an Einstein quote...

Theory and Practice:

[ by Charles Cameron — how theory works out in practice, and vice versa ] . Here’s the first of a pair of “patterns” of interest… Theory contradicts practice: — with thanks to my friend Peter van der Werff! ** And here’s the...

Clausewitz and Center of Gravity

At Small Wars Journal a provocative essay by Col. Dale C. Eikmeier: Give Carl von Clausewitz and the Center of Gravity a Divorce ….Because we love Carl von Clausewitz and the center of gravity concept, we need to grant them a divorce- for our sake.  We tried for...

Red lines and the credibility arms race

[The views and opinions expressed here are solely the responsibility of Lynn C. Rees. They may not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions of Zenpundit]  To deter, Barack Obama has publicly drawn a red line between tolerable and intolerable. We now watch to...