To some it may seem that the author has taken slight leave of his senses; that in obsessive pursuance of now obscure events of mere historical relevance he evidences a strange and incurable critical distemper. Certainly, judging by the mass amnesia – even amongst so-called ‘progressives’ – for these events, such a diagnosis appears well-nigh... Read More

The Superficiality of Today’s Television Social critic Neil Postman contrasted the futures predicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World in the foreword of his 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves to Death. He wrote: Neil Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Or Public Discourse in an Age of Show Business(1985), had its origins at the Frankfurt... Read More