Category Archives: News from France

Tiger Woods Seeks Refuge in France – une blague

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Susan

Cultural observers have often noted that France is more tolerant of adultery than prudish America. It thought our big deal over Monica-Gate was ridiculous when their President Mitterrand had a wife, an official mistress, and an illegitimate daughter. How childish … Continue reading →

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This Says a Lot !

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Susan

What does this French cartoon about Purchasing Power say about the French economy? Beaucoup!

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What does it mean to be French?

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Susan

The latest debate in France is about French identity. Qu’est-ce qu’être français? A new minister of French Identity was recently appointed to open this question up not only to French citizens – immigrants and “de souche” – but to those … Continue reading →

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Antisemitism in France — hoax email still making the rounds

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Susan

Récemment, j’ai reçu mon enième exemplaire d’une alarme d’anti-sémitisme en France. Pourquoi s’alarmer sans savoir les faits ? Pourquoi blâmer la France ? Comment croire un mail sans auteur? Il y a assez de racisme dans le monde pour ne … Continue reading →

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Etienne’s View on French and BHL’s Politics

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Susan

Etienne sent our blog a post of Bernard-Henri Lévy, interviewed in L’Express about his views on French politics today – the future of its Socialist Party (PS). That appears on a separate post. This post was written by Etienne Roop, … Continue reading →

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Is the French Socialist Party Dead?

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Susan

In this Express article, Bernard-Henri Lévy talks about the future of the Parti Socialiste in France – its position today and where he thinks it is going. BHL is a “new philosopher,” a political analyst and commentator, and a journalist. … Continue reading →

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“Libéralisme” and BHL in French politics today

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Susan

Pamela Sacks and Etienne Roop are two of my more erudite students. Pam is learning French by supplementing grammar with translating from French to English. Etienne is progressing by reading and writing French. Below is Pam’s translation of Roop’s recent … Continue reading →

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French complain they are working harder and earning less

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Susan

French workers react to the financial crisis in France: Getting less money for doing more work

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French anthropologist Levi-Strauss dead at 100

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Susan

To read about the passing of a major French cultural icon, click on: Story on France24

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Paris Bikes’ Down Side

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Susan

The French bike rental system discussed here over a year ago is still an overall success but has caused some deaths. At the beginning, my friend, Michèle, found the program ecological, economical, healthy, and well organized. A few months later, … Continue reading →

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