Paul Greenberg

There are no titles of nobility in this country. The Constitution of the United States explicitly forbids them. So naturally Americans have to make them up. There is something about...

The rest of the world keeps waiting for the Thermidor in the Soviet Union-the point at which a revolution, like a pendulum, ceases its movement in one direction and swings...

One explanation for a phenomenon like Malcolm Muggeridge is that he was an enthusiast all his 87 years. But the English writer was saved from his successive enthusiasms by a...

The young woman was showing the familiar signs of pre-Christmas trauma. ''Every year I promise myself I`m not going to do this,'' she said, ''but every year I`ve got so...

A distinguished visitor recently made his annual duck-hunting trip to the Arkansas flyway. Jimmy Carter was welcomed by everybody but the ducks-though I wish he had forgotten to pack his...

The refusal to negotiate the release of American hostages now has led to the announcement that they`re being released. (Jimmy Carter, please take note.) A refusal to negotiate over Kuwait...

bumpers-n. (American slang) brief oration noted for emotional appeal rather than reason. The senator did not have time for a long and thoughtful address, so he delivered a --. The...

It`s an old, old story: Those who live by viciousness die by it. Worse, it`s a continuing story. Meir Kahane is only the most recent example. What kind of man...

To the Editor, The National Sports Daily, New York City: It was not wholly a pleasure to read Charles Pierce`s piece on the adventures of Coach Archie (The Gunslinger) Cooley...

The name Henry Wilkes is well known in Pine Bluff, Ark., even if it might take the average citizen just a minute to place it exactly. Oh, yeah, it`s the...