History

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

Stalin’s Grandchildren Stalin’s Grandchildren

"At the burial of communism too many people want to jump from the coffin into the funeral procession." The Polish author of these lines tried to convey the idea that the former p...

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

Fact or Fiction? Fact or Fiction?

Jacques Attali, until June 25 the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development but for years the French President's personal assistant, cannot be too happy w...

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

Mythologizing the Bomb

Mythologizing the Bomb Mythologizing the Bomb

The beauty of the atomic scientists' calculations hid from them the truly Faustian contract they scratched their names to.

Aug 14, 1995 / E.L. Doctorow

William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage

William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage

A not-too-fond remembrance of “Squire Willie,” patron saint of post-World War II American conservatism.

Jun 11, 1988 / Robert Sherrill

Gore Vidal

Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire

“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”

Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal

Fred Rodell Fred Rodell

Fred Rodell is largely forgotten these days, but as the "bad boy of American legal academia" he inspired several generations of Yale Law School students to think differently about ...

Jun 21, 1980 / Sidney Zion

Was Fred Hampton Executed?

Was Fred Hampton Executed? Was Fred Hampton Executed?

Seven years after the shootings of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark by the Chicago police, a civil suit reveals the sordid details behind the assassination.

Dec 25, 1976 / Feature / Jeff Gottlieb and Jeff Cohen

Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court gives women the right to choose while also rendering an important lesson on the practical workings of democracy.

Feb 5, 1973 / The Editors

Slaughter at Attica Slaughter at Attica

New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller turns a prison-wide protest into a wholesale slaughter.

Sep 27, 1971 / The Editors

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