|
Washington Notebook By Daniel Schorr Politics of the Tin Ear CALL it the politics of the tin ear or the self-inflicted wound. In an age of pervasive public pulse-taking, the...
|
|
UNCERTAIN PEACE Northern Ireland After Omagh By Norman Gelb London Things still look promising in Northern Ireland. The newly elected Assembly is up and running. Relations have generally...
|
|
WITHOUT CHEVENEMENT France's Mr. Clean By Janice Valls-Russell Paris In sharp contrast to the lurid coverage President Bill Clinton's personal affairs have been receiving in the U.S.,...
|
|
FROM THE HIGH COURT A Diagram for Division in Canada By Harold M. Waller Montreal Much of Canadian national lore focuses on the country's harsh, unforgiving winters. Summer is a time for...
|
|
150 YEARS LATER Marx' Manifesto Revisited By Gus Tyler This year marks the 150th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and his patron Friedrich Engels. Since...
|
|
Writers & Writing THE BEST OF CUTTHROATS By Roger Draper Byron, in Don Juan, described the Duke of Wellington as "the best of cutthroats." John Davison Rockefeller is another plausible...
|
|
How the West Won the Cold War Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World By James Chace Simon and Schuster. 512 pp. $30.00. Reviewed by William L. O'Neill Professor...
|
|
Religious Jews at Leisure Kaaterskill Falls By Allegra Goodman Dial. 326pp. $23.95. Reviewed by Tova Reich Author, "Mara," "Master of the Return," and most recently "The Jewish...
|
|
On Music SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL By John Simon We have all heard about the declining market for classical music, both live and recorded, but chamber music seems to strike people as the most...
|
|
On Stage LEAPS OF FAITH By Stefan Kanfer The Academy and the cancer ward share many of the same terms: "exam," "study," "test results," "research," "analysis," "course." Yet as playwright...
|
1920s
1990
Vol. 081 Issue 011 (October 5 1998)
Politics of the Tin Ear
