Articles

Close, But No Cigar Close, But No Cigar

On August 20 last, President Clinton personally ordered the leveling of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant on the outskirts of Khartoum.

Oct 5, 1998 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Social (In-)Security Social (In-)Security

What precisely about the current Social Security "reform" debate makes it so hateful and repellent?

May 14, 1998 / The Editors

Anatoly Chubais press conference

The Harvard Boys Do Russia The Harvard Boys Do Russia

After seven years of economic “reform” financed by billions of dollars in U.S.

May 14, 1998 / Feature / Janine R. Wedel

Unchained Melancholy

Unchained Melancholy Unchained Melancholy

A review of The Communist Manifesto.

May 11, 1998 / Marshall Berman

The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey

Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens ac...

Mar 19, 1998 / Feature / David Corn

The Gift of Time The Gift of Time

The case for abolition of nuclear weapons.

Feb 2, 1998 / Jonathan Schell

Against Walesa, Any Solidarity? Against Walesa, Any Solidarity?

Kwasniewski the Red versus Walesa the gravedigger of Communism--the duel for Poland's presidency is being presented as if it were the old drama all over again.

Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Battle of Algiers on Paris Métro Battle of Algiers on Paris Métro

On September 29 French viewers watching the news were offered a bloody Hollywood thriller as an extra. It was the end of a long manhunt.

Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Silvio Show The Silvio Show

Orwell had it right. It is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him, too.

Jan 28, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Death of a Collaborator Death of a Collaborator

Early on the morning of June 8, a messenger arrived at an apartment in one of the poshest districts of Paris bearing documents to be signed by a former high-level government offi...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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