Articles

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

Dancing on the Grave of Revolution Dancing on the Grave of Revolution

Long live the Revolution--as long as it is dead and buried with no prospect of resurrection. That thought springs to mind as the French begin to celebrate the bicentennial of ...

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

The Market Is the New Religion The Market Is the New Religion

Back in Warsaw after my trip to Gdansk, I talk about the economy with the outgoing government's spokesman on reform. He is more specific on what is to be done than on how it sho...

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

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

All Power to the Soviets All Power to the Soviets

Four days that fascinated the Soviet people.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

What Price Gloire What Price Gloire

The only free Kanaks are dead ones, the outgoing French government might have argued.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show

Most French voters, judging by opinion polls, are bored with the current presidential campaign. No wonder.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Poland–Ashes and Diamonds Poland–Ashes and Diamonds

Prices were raised sharply in Poland on January 30, by an estimated 40 percent, and hell did not break loose.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right

In the electioneering mood of France at the turn of the year, the good advice is not, as in a whodunit, cherchez la femme but cherchez l'argent.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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