Mitterrand Le Petit Mitterrand Le Petit
The longest reign in the history of the French Republic is coming to an end, possibly a premature one, with a sense of drama.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Why I’m Not Running for President Why I’m Not Running for President
I'll admit that my realistic chances of becoming President are right down there with Quayle's I.Q.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Gloria Steinem
Honor the Man–and the Movement Honor the Man–and the Movement
Hardly had the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced that Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was its 1983 laureate but President Reagan and other cold warriors began praising the choice...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
An Optimistic Tragedy? An Optimistic Tragedy?
For years, if they wished to be honest, observers of the Soviet Union had to work like archeologists, digging below the political surface to discover real social changes takin...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Gorbachev–Two Steps Backward? Gorbachev–Two Steps Backward?
"Comrade democrats--in the widest meaning of this word--you have scattered. The reformers have gone to ground. Dictatorship is coming....
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Stink of Money The Stink of Money
Los Angeles is not the only place perturbing the sermons of the preachers of history's end and capitalism's eternal youth.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Ex-Communists and Rough Beasts Ex-Communists and Rough Beasts
Capitalist euphoria proved short-lived in Europe. Five years ago we witnessed the collapse of the post-Stalinist empire, which folded with unexpected ease.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Where’s the Revolution? Where’s the Revolution?
When I came out in Boston in the mid-1970s, I had no way of knowing that the lesbian and gay movement I was discovering was in many ways unique.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Barbara Smith
The Rise of the Nouveaux Liberals The Rise of the Nouveaux Liberals
Nothing is louder than the silence of intellectuals.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Looking for a ‘Historic Compromise’ Looking for a ‘Historic Compromise’
Four drunken Polish youths, four distant, misty figures, acrobatically avoid a fall, then vanish mysteriously into the fog.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer