Analyst of Totalitarianism—Reading Simon Leys Today One general conclusion from reading Leys is that although totalitarian movements are immensely dangerous, that doesn’t mean we should give the theories behind them much intellectual weight. David Adler 28 Sep 2020 · 15 min read
Straight to Hell: Millenarianism and the Green New Deal With the Green New Deal, secular apocalyptic ideas have entered the mainstream of American politics. Millenarian thinking has always been present in the US, but it was avowedly religious. David Adler 21 May 2019 · 11 min read
It's Time to Marginalize the University and Revive the Café Why would people take academics’ more ridiculous pronouncements so seriously, or seriously at all in the case of communication studies departments? David Adler 21 Dec 2017 · 7 min read
