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