When Adolf Eichmann, one of the architects of the Holocaust, was brought to trial at Jerusalem’s District Court in April 1961, those in the courtroom and the millions watching on TV were in for a ...

Throughout human history people have feared and been discomfited by “the other.” As a life-long optimist, I don’t believe we’re doomed but I believe we’re in extremely serious trouble and must unite ...

I find it increasingly disconcerting to scroll mindlessly through my social media feed — a post portraying a moment of violence to be immediately succeeded by an advertisement. These disparate moments ...

Years from now, people will continue to respect Arendt’s work, while they no longer respect Erdely’s. But some of the criticism of Arendt’s book, including her basis for the phrase “banality of evil,” ...

The banality of evil. That was Hannah Arendt's famous observation during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the ‘architect of the Holocaust.’ Now,... Rebroadcast: The Eichmann tapes and the comforting myth ...

All of which makes her a frightfully dangerous person, because her thought fragments tend toward evil and are amplified by her advisers. This is where things get worse, because those around her likely ...

He was small, scrawny, middle-aged, with a receding hairline and ill-fitting teeth. His name was Otto Adolf Eichmann and he was on trial for his life, charged with facilitating the murder of 5,000,000 ...

The best that might be said of Bannon is that he puts the banality in "the banality of evil"; he might be dangerous, but he isn't even dangerous in an original way. He's a depressingly familiar ...