by Charles Cameron | Jul 3, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — wishing you all blessings on the Fourth ] . My eye was caught today by yet another disaster — which in turn reminded me of tomorrow, the Fourth of July. It’s just one example among many: Flood hits mosque in Pakistan, dozens...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 25, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — setting aside my personal interest, there’s a humanitarian / religious angle here ] , The atrocities described in the lower panel add urgency to the medical development described in the upper panel: Sources: Kurzweil AI, Wearable...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 20, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — theo-ecology, with a side of spaghetti ] . First, a Nobel laureate makes a distinction that should be of interest to all who study war — as also to those who “ain’t gonna study war no more”. Lucy Hughes-Hallett...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 28, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — and a tradition of natural philosophy profound enough to include Francis of Assisi ] . It’s a small point, perhaps, but M. Anthony Mills had a piece in The New Atlantis last Fall titled Is Pope Francis Anti-Modern? — which I...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 16, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a veritable rule of thumb ] , ** Let me steer clear of both foreign policy and presidential candidates, and simply quote Cheryl Rofer from her recent twitter fusillade re Neil deGrasse Tyson: One of the things science can teach its...
