In the weeks since the election of President Donald J. Trump, sales of George Orwell’s “1984” have skyrocketed. But so have those of a lesser-known title, “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” by a German ...

Individualistic western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires or joys better than we do. And so we put ourselves, rather than the government, in charge of our lives.

The manipulation of the masses is ubiquitous in everyday life, from pop culture to religion to politics. Sometimes the stakes are relatively low: I buy or don’t buy a product because an ad campaign ...

When we follow world news – the invasion of Ukraine, the protests in Iran, the recent party election congress in China, the US Republican right’s denial of President Biden’s 2020 election victory and ...

Lets play “Ancient Mariner,” providing the citizenry of Ohio with a warning. Ignore all of the current political messages surrounding Issue 1 on the ballot Aug. 8. Then read the issue (it’s on line) ...

A book by Atlantic contributor Steven Heller looks at what images and typography have to do with Hitler, Stalin, and Mao The book looks at Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union under Lenin and ...

The Biden administration’s attempt to force Americans to be injected with a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of holding a job is unethical, unlawful and exemplifies the totalitarian destruction of our ...

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Sex is a dangerous subject. Rape even more so. However, the question is: does the current climate of sexual victim narratives exactly fit in an age that is allegedly post-sexual liberation? To be ...