Too Good to Be True Too Good to Be True
This is the rather flattering self-portrait of a populist leader who has already traveled quite far: Boris Yeltsin, once a protégé of Mikhail Gorbachev, is now his ...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Socialism’s Setting Sun Socialism’s Setting Sun
Amid the noise of the unending Urbatechnic affaire, a scandal over the Socialist Party's fraudulent financing of its electoral funds, the tenth anniversary of François Mitte...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Buba Knows Best Buba Knows Best
By the skin of their teeth... Watching on French television the gloomy faces of the alleged winners one could not help feeling there was an element of defeat in their victory.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Forza’s Destiny in Italy Forza’s Destiny in Italy
The description of Rifondazione Comunista here has been corrected as indicated in a correction that ran in the issue of May 2, 1994.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Politics and the Pity The Politics and the Pity
"We are all German Jews" chanted 50,000 Frenchmen at the gates of the Bastille in 1968; I was recently reminded of this episode, which has become revolutionary lore, when Holocau...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Socialism Takes Two Steps Back Socialism Takes Two Steps Back
The French socialist saga makes awkward reading for left-wingers. It has a wistful air of déjà vu.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
October Memories October Memories
With Zbigniew Bujak, Bogdan Lis, Adam Michnik and their comrades out of jail, there is reason to rejoice.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
From Balzac to Salvador Dali From Balzac to Salvador Dali
"You are mistaken, dear angel, if you think that King Louis-Philippe rules--a mistake the King himself does not make.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Silent Reproach Silent Reproach
Some events carry an exceptional symbolic charge.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Fiddling While Rome Smolders Fiddling While Rome Smolders
Is Italy on the eve of a major political crisis? Is a change of regime, or perhaps even the birth of a new republic, imminent?
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer