Tag Archives: twin towers

Our terror – the French care!

As we plunge into our horror and puzzlement over our recurring acts of terrorism, we tend not to realize that people in other countries are also horrified. Just as some of us were when the French were attacked last November … Continue reading

Posted in Cultural Perspectives, French culture, French-American relations | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Ruben Oppenheimer’s cartoon

The French are going through their September 11th. Their twin towers were sharpened pencils – words, satirical drawings, thoughts – as symbolically cherished by them as our Twin Towers were to us. Violence killed them all. For us the symbol … Continue reading

Posted in Cultural Perspectives, News from France | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment