Historic Moment Historic Moment
The meeting around a green table between representatives of Poland's ruling party and of Solidarity marks a serious new attempt to include the opposition as an integral part of the...
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
The Bloody Cul-de-Sac The Bloody Cul-de-Sac
On March 16, 1978, Aldo Moro—a key figure of Italy’s ruling Christian Democracy—was captured in Rome in broad daylight by the Red Brigades.
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Terror and the Sense of Justice Terror and the Sense of Justice
An irony emerges from reading the sickening details of the terrorist slaughter in Israel. It is that Menahem Begin, the symbol of Israeli outrage and bereavement, first achieved pr...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Aryeh Neier
Islam Through Western Eyes Islam Through Western Eyes
This essay, by the late Edward Said, from the April 26, 1980, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Edward W. Said
The Strange Case of Baby M The Strange Case of Baby M
I think I understand Judge Harvey Sorkow's ruling in the Baby M case.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
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
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
Death of a Collaborator Death of a Collaborator
Letter From Europe
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
La Peste La Peste
François Mitterrand, everything suggests, will be re-elected as President next Sunday, but Jean-Marie Le Pen is the unquestioned winner of the first-round tally.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Supping With the French Devil Supping With the French Devil
The temptation to accept the National Front as a partner has split the right.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer