Tuesday, September 30, 2014
«La médecine n’est pas un commerce» | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
Great opportunity for comparison.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Les raisons de la colère des pharmaciens en grève mardi | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
Compare in detail with US.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Interdiction de fumer en voiture avec un enfant: une idée soufflée par des écoliers de Nice? | Nice | Nice-Matin
I don't care whose idea it was; enact it!
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Love Them or Loathe Them, Reverse Mortgages Have a Place - NYTimes.com
Compare trends - reverse mortgage v. viager.
Assurance automobile : quand la facture des seniors explose - Le journal du Week-end - Replay
Compare with US. Seniors taking it in the ear in both places? Perhaps it is justified.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Air France Scales Back Transavia Plan, Giving In to Striking Pilots’ Demands - NYTimes.com
Big difference in how the two countries would handle this.
« Le premier problème de la France, ce sont ses institutions » Laurence Parisot
It strikes me that she is on the right track. How to understand this point better?
Thursday, September 25, 2014
L'Irak prévient Paris d'un risque d'attentats dans son métro
France v. US in preparing for something?
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Europe’s Anti-Semitism Comes Out of the Shadows - NYTimes.com
There is a huge amount of anti-[name the group] feeling in France. It is hard to underestimate how much it affect the minds of French people.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
Growing Imbalance Between Germany and France Strains Their Relationship - NYTimes.com
The US does not really have a Germany, does it?
For Airbnb and Uber, an Uneven Response by Regulators - NYTimes.com
"In contrast, cities like Paris have passed rules specifically meant to allow people to rent out their homes through companies like Airbnb as long as they fulfill certain safety checks. But even in these cities, companies have outsourced the collection of local tourist taxes — often applicable to local hotels — to the homeowners that rent out apartments through the start-ups’ websites."
Compare more.
Compare more.
Potential attacks in France
Of great concern, of course. It is curious that the US does not seem to face the same?
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Weighing a Political Comeback, Sarkozy Says He Will Seek His Party’s Presidency - NYTimes.com
It will be an act worth watching.
Juste avant l'annonce, Estrosi a rencontré un Sarkozy rassembleur | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
Who knows where this leads?
Sarkozy "inquiète" 51% des Français, qui le jugent honnête à 29% | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
Improvement opportunity.
Friday, September 19, 2014
In France, Artifacts of America’s Role in World War I - NYTimes.com
Great chance to compare with France and the US revolutionary war.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
French v. US younger people
Compare what it is to be under 30 or even under 40 in the US today with the same in France. How do you say millennial en francais?
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Red Wolves: A Future In Doubt | WUNC
Great opportunity to compare with the Alpes Maritimes and other parts of France.
Uber France: "On ne prend pas le gâteau des taxis" | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
Compare with the US.
French Premier’s Push Toward Center Opens Rift on the Left - NYTimes.com
I think we can identify with that.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Les huit conséquences désastreuses de la crise de 2008 sur la France
Incredibly depressing. Compared with the US?
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Ces retraités américains qui n'ont pas fini de rembourser leurs prêts... étudiants
Compared with France?
Saturday, September 13, 2014
That Selfie Is So Good, It Could Help You Pay for College - NYTimes.com
Another comparison on both subjects - selfies and crowd-sourcing support.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Using Your Phone to See Paris in a Whole New Light - NYTimes.com
Compared to similar stuff for NYC, for example?
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Monday, September 08, 2014
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Matisse and His Muses | Weatherspoon Art Museum
Too bad no link here to Matisse museum in Nice and its exhibition along the same lines.
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Friday, September 05, 2014
Présidentielle 2017: Marine le Pen battrait François Hollande au second tour - L'Express
What an ominous prospect.
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Tony Parker’s Respite Recasts the Basketball World Cup - NYTimes.com
A serious situation, I guess, for the French team....
"Yet Parker is not with the French team this fall and is not participating in the World Cup, which began Saturday in Spain. Parker attributed his decision to a desire to prepare for the N.B.A. season, but his skipping the tournament alters the dynamic of the French team in roughly the same way that removing three tires alters the dynamic of a car. "
"Yet Parker is not with the French team this fall and is not participating in the World Cup, which began Saturday in Spain. Parker attributed his decision to a desire to prepare for the N.B.A. season, but his skipping the tournament alters the dynamic of the French team in roughly the same way that removing three tires alters the dynamic of a car. "
Le Joli Mai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Great film! It would be nice to see if there is one doing more or less the same in New York or Chicago at about the same time. (Shown on TCM last night.)
Monday, September 01, 2014
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