France speaks the truth about Hamas and Israel
As the US dithers, France has once again taken the high road and, in showing solidarity with Israel against Hamas, has demonstrated the meaning of the symbolic words coming from the French Revolution: liberty, equality, fraternity
- 13 July 2014
French and British heroes fight radical evil
Hope and hatred. Brits and French. Car chases. Zyklon gas and the Holocaust. Heroes who paid with their lives. Honour to their memory, and an inspiration to all decent men and women today
- 5 July 2014
French ironies and the Jews
In 1791 France served up modernity's first act of Jewish emancipation. Today it is the country of Alain Finkielkraut. Yet it is also the country of Dreyfus, wartime collaboration with the Nazis, and the contemporary anti-Semitism of the far-Right, anti-Zionists, Dieudonné, and radical Islam
- 29 June 2014
America should copy Europe…if the goal Is stagnation
If it's higher living standards that are the goal, it's Hong Kong and Singapore that America should be copying, not France and Italy
- 29 April 2014
French trains, deportation of Jews, and wrong tracks
As one French historian has said, Vichy is a past that doesn’t pass. The tens of thousands of Jews who were deported on trains might have expected more decent recognition. An extraordinary saga and a journey of shame
- 8 April 2014
Could Renzi save Hollande?
Hollande is less than two years into his five year term, but he already looks tired, a busted flush. Italy's Renzi just might be able to save him
- 23 March 2014
For the love of France, in all its true glory
Jean Jaurès and Charles Péguy were totally different human beings who knew each other for a time but who are significant figures in the pantheon of French personalities for their moral authority and courage in defying military officials and the mood of public opinion by asserting the innocence of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. Stunning. Just read
- 8 March 2014
Miliband Hollandaise
Ed Miliband's economic incompetence makes him a natural blood brother of French president Francois Hollande. Then again, his true mentor could be his former boss, Gordon Brown. What a marvellous choice of allies...
- 1 March 2014
New French assault on economic reality: Paid holidays for interns
French Leftists pass social measures meaning, analysts say, not only that interns won't have any jobs, but they probably won't even be able to be interns any more
- 25 February 2014
French model fails but no room for UK complacency
The high tax, high regulation, pro-EU intergrationist policies of the French government have made for social and economic failure that Britain has done well not to emulate, and must not emulate in the future
- 4 February 2014
France gets the Islamist threat better than America
France's policy against Islamist advancement abroad presents a stark contrast to the chronic indecisiveness, amateurism, and lack of strategic vision of the Obama Administration
- 24 January 2014
Even liberal media now admit French model ruinous
France is turning Atlas Shrugged from fiction to reality. Bad and big government can screw up a country. Prize for silliest example of government intervention in France goes to a law making it a crime to insult your spouse’s appearance
- 6 January 2014
Asian immigrant's disgust at European anti-Semitism
With soccer star Nicolas Anelka in mind, the "quenelle" gesture popularized by French "performance artist" Dieudonné says something about anti-Semitism in Europe and why it should bother us, immigrants or not
- 3 January 2014
Sharia law advances in France. Halal in the prisons
As France advances to a 20-50 percent Muslim country over the next few decades, it should not be surprising that Islamic law is on the march. The times they are a-changin...
- 29 November 2013
French feminists fight to support Muslim veil ban
Analysts think the European court would not want to overturn the French decision, though they cannot rule out a surprise ruling given the pressure from Muslim groups
- 28 November 2013
Latest on the blog
We are wholly dependent on the kindness of our readers for our continued work. We thank you in advance for any support you can offer.