Poland's good old days (now).

National Review | December 22, 1989| | Copyright

WARSAW-It was .assumed until recently, with the wishful exaggeration understandable under the circumstances, that, at least in Eastern Europe, Communism's last gasp would be greeted with wild enthusiasm, dancing in the streets, and the shatter of vodka glasses on the floor. The reality has already sobered everybody up. Getting rid of Communism is proving not like casting off chains and suddenly walking free again but rather like dropping some weight out of a heavy rucksack on a long slog toward elusive highlands. The Poles and Hungarians are finding that, even with ...

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