Some Thoughts on the Obama Infomercial

In a last swing before Tuesday’s election, the Obama campaign bought air time from the major networks to air a thirty minute informercial that argued Obama’s case that he should be the next president. For the first twenty-five or so minutes, the informercial included previously taped stories of middle-class familes who, through various circumstances, were [...]

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A Book Review of “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil” by Hannah Arendt

When the Israeli secret service kidnapped Nazi functionary Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960, they expected to capture a monster. Instead Israeli psychologists were surprised to examine someone who they claimed were more normal than they. In Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Hannah Arendt explores the concept of evil and [...]

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