{"id":53592,"date":"2016-11-10T03:36:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T03:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=53592"},"modified":"2016-11-10T03:36:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T03:36:46","slug":"wishing-charles-cameron-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=53592","title":{"rendered":"Wishing Charles Cameron Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<strong>Mark Safranski<\/strong> \/ &#8220;<strong>zen<\/strong>&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mainImage accessible nofocus\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"View source image\" src=\"http:\/\/12982-presscdn-0-38.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Charles-Cameron.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for charles cameron\" data-bm=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the regular readers may have noticed an absence lately at <strong>zenpundit.com<\/strong>. I regret to report that our genial managing editor, \u00a0<strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong>, suffered a heart attack over the weekend and required open heart surgery yesterday. Fortunately, Charles has gotten through the operation and is now recovering in a cardiac ICU where he is expected to spend some time.<\/p>\n<p>While you would not know it from his prolific output of thought-provoking posts, imaginative double-quotes and learned musings on the intersections of theology, culture, politics and fiction, this latest episode is one of a number of serious medical ailments Charles has been contending with for a number of years. All of this has taken a severe toll on his energy, mobility and finances while\u00a0Charles now faces the prospect of an extended convalescence and significant medical bills.<\/p>\n<p>If you have enjoyed and respected Charles&#8217; work here &#8211; and he deserves much of the credit for keeping <strong>zenpundit.com<\/strong> going as an active blog when many other strat-mil-FP blogs have gone by the wayside; I&#8217;m serious, without Charles Cameron\u00a0I probably would have shuttered the place &#8211; there is an opportunity to show some appreciation and wish Charles a speedy recovery. It would, I&#8217;m sure, raise his spirits<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to send Charles Cameron a get-well\u00a0card or note, you can\u00a0mail it to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charles Cameron c\/o Merino<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 8323 Berman Walk Way<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Citrus Heights, CA. 95610<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to make a donation to help Charles off-set his medical expenses in this difficult time, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/7qh43xak\">gofundme<\/a> account has been reactivated and is accepting donations:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WIN 20160918 14 29 25 Pro\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGTynGEcrp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sending you all the best thoughts Charles. Get well my friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Mark Safranski \/ &#8220;zen&#8220;] Some of the regular readers may have noticed an absence lately at zenpundit.com. I regret to report that our genial managing editor, \u00a0Charles Cameron, suffered a heart attack over the weekend and required open heart surgery yesterday. Fortunately, Charles has gotten through the operation and is now recovering in a cardiac [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-cameron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53594,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53592\/revisions\/53594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}