Archive for the 'story'

• REVIEW: Why Socrates Died by Waterfield

May 21st, 2017 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, ancient history, authors, book, philosophy, punishment, reading, review, sacrifice, society, story | 7 comments

• The reversal of Maugham’s Samarra

May 10th, 2016 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, death, irony, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamist, judaism, kurdistan, literature, narrative, scriptures, story, sufi, suicide bombing, symbolism, symmetry, syria, Uncategorized | Comments Off on The reversal of Maugham’s Samarra

• Review: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

August 16th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, authors, book, literature, management of barbarism / savagery, Mexico, movies, myth, recommended reading, society, story, symbolism, vigilantism, war, Warlords, warriors | 8 comments

• Guest Post: U.S. Marines, the Forever Tribe by Stan Coerr

January 30th, 2015 by zen

Posted in authors, contemplative, memory, military, story, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 10 comments

• A woman, a ladder, four goats, and a cow named Bessie.

June 4th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in abstraction, anecdote, anthropology, Charles Cameron, complex systems, India, model, quant & qualit, simulation, statistics, story, Uncategorized | 13 comments