14 JANUARY 1984, page 8

The Quality Of Mercy

Nicholas von Hoffman Washington yn the television pictures from Damascus, 1Lt. Robert Goodman and Jesse Jackson were up front and animated, but over to the left sat a dour......

Why Are They There?

Christopher Hitchens Washington H ere in the nation's capital the stewardship of the editorial page of the Washington Post is held by Ms Meg Greenfield — though, following a......