I just finished reading a book worth writing about in light of recent events in Africa and Iraq: Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire’s Shake Hands
Author: Adam Levin
Adam Levin writes about politics and media, is a board member of the United Nations Association of St. Louis, and is an accomplished trombonist.
Recent right-wing violence reeks of proto-Fascism
During my freshman year in college, my professor for “Political Ideologies” class made a pretty bold claim: “In the next fifty years,” he intoned,
“Fallout” [the game] and fallout [the nuclear reality]
“If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.” –Albert Einstein. Next month, “Fallout 4,” a highly-anticipated
National Review compares Bernie Sanders to Nazis: Offensive and inaccurate
Commentators cannot seem to leave the memory of Nazi Germany alone. Nazi comparisons became especially heinous after the 2008 presidential election, when haters compared
Instead of BDS, support progressives in Israel and Palestine
When Noam Chomsky thinks the Left has gone too far, it’s probably time for some reassessment. The famed intellectual and linguistic philosopher wrote an
The end of classical conservatism (and why that’s bad for progressives)
Recently, I heard an interview with David Brooks on NPR, in which he promoted his new book The Road to Character. I haven’t read
AFCON 2015: A thrilling story of sports, corruption, and resistance
With the rash of unjust police shootings, all eyes are on the home front, so to speak: Americans are talking about racial inequality and
Israel’s elections: Crucial to understanding the conflict’s future
Social media speculation is hypocritical on a number of issues, but Israel is a particular example. The “Fuck Israel” Facebook pages and posts grew
Absolutism in political novels and in political reality: The Iron Heel
One of my favorite essays of all time comes from old-school conservative writer Whitaker Chambers. In the late 1950s he reviewed Ayn Rand’s thousand-page
Anti-feminism on and off the internet: Thoughts about #gamergate
The controversy surrounding an event known to the internet as “Gamer Gate”, or “#gamergate,” if you prefer, has lead me to reflect on some