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Friends of America and individual freedom in France can’t be heartened by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s first-ever address to the UN (more…)

“We are all Americans!” proclaimed the uncharacteristic but dramatic and poignant headline in Le Monde, France’s left-wing newspaper, on Sept. 12, 2001, (more…)

Upon waking this coming Tuesday, I will think aloud: “Today is 9/11. Today is a sad day. Today is the saddest day of the year.” That fateful September 11th six years ago, at about four in the afternoon here in France, I remember (more…)

“To arms, oh citizens! Form up in serried ranks! March on, march on! May their impure blood / Flow in our fields!” When it was first heard in 1792, the chorus of La Marseillaise, France’s national anthem, (more…)

(Lyon, France) Was I too uncompromising in last week’s piece about the challenges facing Nicolas Sarkozy as he embarks on (more…)

With summer drawing to a close, flip-flops can still come in handy as philosophical accessories, even if no longer preferred as footwear. (more…)

Going back to France after spending a year in the western United States brings the ills that stubbornly plague French society into even sharper focus. (more…)