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Recent Reads: Metaphors, Architectures of Conflict, and Forever Wars

24.01.2010 by Michael A. Innes

Since leaving the day job to focus on research and writing, I’ve been nose-deep in readings of one kind or another, and thoroughly enjoying the experience. Some recent reads that are worth your time: ____________________________________________________________________ Metaphors We Live By. Illuminating, but infuriatingly limiting. This classic from Berkeley cognitive linguist and Democratic party framing guru George Lakoff (along with co-author and much less feted Mark Johson) was the first of a long reading list I’m exploring on analogical reasoning. Its emphasis on textual […]

Categories: Monkwire • Tags: alienation, analogical reasoning, architecture, Metaphors We Live By, The Edifice Complex, The Forever War, war

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The Jesus Rifle

19.01.2010 by Michael A. Innes

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Categories: Monkwire • Tags: religion, technology, war

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The Military-Evangelical Complex

19.01.2010 by Michael A. Innes

Noted at Juan Cole’s Informed Comment, as item 4 in a list of Top 10 Counterterrorism Scandals 2010: George W. Bush claimed that he had misspoken when he called his ‘war on terror’ a ‘crusade.’ But it turns out that the Michigan company that makes rifle sights for the US military inscribes them with Bible verses. The capture of the US Air Force Academy by Christian fundamentalists is worrisome enough, but a Military-Evangelical Complex is truly frightening. What to say? One […]

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Cadbury Board Accepts Kraft Takeover

19.01.2010 by Michael A. Innes

I guess this means we can expect the Caramilk filling to be much cheesier from now on…

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Stewart on Lawrence

16.01.2010 by Michael A. Innes

I’m watching Rory Stewart’s narration of the life of Lawrence (yes, that Lawrence). On difficult terrain: can’t patrol it with small units, because those units can then be ambushed; can’t garrison it, because units there couldn’t be resupplied. So much of it remains empty, most of the time, “and an empty space on the map is a dangerous thing.”

Categories: Monkwire • Tags: Afghanistan, insurgency, Iraq, Lawrence of Arabia

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