Articles

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

People’s Sellout People’s Sellout

Wall Street did not simply drag Europe's exchanges down in its fall.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

From Public TV to ‘Dallasty’ From Public TV to ‘Dallasty’

The battle over French television is now being joined in earnest.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Apparatchiks The Apparatchiks

What price is Poland paying for its Stalinist heritage?

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

The Lessons of Defeat The Lessons of Defeat

The hour has not yet struck for an offensive by the left in Western Europe.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Top Down or Bottom Up? Top Down or Bottom Up?

It is a pleasure to watch, on both sides of the Atlantic, the professional prophets of "evil empire" now forced to perform their "agonizing reappraisals."

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 / Daniel Singer

Europe Notebook Europe Notebook

For the Western press the Chernobyl disaster was splendid copy, both sensational and anti-Soviet.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Co-existentialism in France Co-existentialism in France

Although Sartre may be out of fashion, political co-existentialism is the main subject of speculation in Paris.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Handicapping the French Elections Handicapping the French Elections

All the ingredients are apparently there, but somehow the mayonnaise does not bind.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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