by zen | Aug 26, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Mark Safranski a.k.a. “zen”] “When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a Boche will get him eventually. The hell with that. My men don’t dig foxholes. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving.” ...
by Ollie Engebretson | Aug 6, 2013 | Monitor
As the debate over supplying aid to the Syrian opposition continues, Jordan, the welcoming neighbor to the south, moves further and further towards socio-economic crisis. A major Non-NATO U.S. ally and important regional partner, Jordan has a distinct history of...
by Justin Winikoff | Jun 11, 2013 | Monitor
When, Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared at a Senate committee hearing several weeks ago, he was nothing more than a high-profile example of how multinational companies are dodging taxes in America. Mr. Cook’s grilling, however, was merely a distraction from a bigger issue...
by zen | Jan 14, 2013 | Monitor
Friend of the blog, commenter L.C. Rees, likes to point out that one of the most important part of a grand strategy, particularly one that is maintained despite evidence of being a geopolitical failure, are the domestic political effects that work to the advantage of...
by zen | Dec 27, 2012 | Monitor
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Photo credit: The New York Times Longtime reader and blogfriend Eddie Beaver sent me a link to an article by NYT columnist, Ross Douthat. In my view, Douthat has written a fairly important observation of a political dynamic...