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Politics and government

Washington wheel of fortune

by Philip Guedalla,

Two stops, a century apart, on a losing number

Reagan’s baggage check

by David Corn,

Backstage at the NATO Summit

by Jean Chrétien, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Jean-Claude Juncker,Translated by Don Murray,

The Dear Leader’s Wild Kingdom

From a September 29 bulletin from the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s state-run news service. Kim Jong Il, son of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, who died…

Fascism à la mode

by David Zane Mairowitz,

In France, the far right presses for national purity

The life

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Never surrender

by Harper’s Staff,

Newt’s latest victory

by Newt Gingrich,

Long live the despots

by Peregrine Worsthorne,

Field trip

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Revolutionary regrets

by Bernard Coard,