Le Pen’s Pals—Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals—Blood and Soil
There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians are competing wit...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Does the Left Have a Future? Does the Left Have a Future?
Letter From Europe
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / 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
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
The Sound and the Furet The Sound and the Furet
The public is still under the spell of the counterpoint in Francis Fukuyama's famous exercise in propaganda: Capitalism is eternal because there is no alternative.
Jan 1, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Allen Weinstein’s Docudrama Allen Weinstein’s Docudrama
Let's start with the Random House press release, replete with "Praise for Perjury"--a reissue of Allen Weinstein's book on the Hiss-Chambers case.
Oct 16, 1997 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Heart of Whiteness Heart of Whiteness
Milton Friedman, Gary Bauer, William F. Buckley. Could we ask more of a cruise?
Oct 6, 1997 / Eric Alterman
The Adolescent Lockup The Adolescent Lockup
Not so long ago politicians campaigned by kissing babies. Today, they lock children in jail.
Jun 19, 1997 / Bruce Shapiro
The Marching Saint The Marching Saint
Staughton Lynd, although he would never admit it, is one of the visible saints of the modern American left.
May 22, 1997 / Books & the Arts / Paul Buhle