Ahem.

TNR today asks "Was Gorbachev the Man of the Century?" and finds the case for the affirmative "very convincing."

Twas not ever thus. TNR, January '07:

Who knows what animates Gorbachev? Maybe he hopes just to be remembered. He won't be. Certainly not by the Russian people. A passing figure. Not even one on whom American colleges will bestow honorary degrees.