Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Why the U.S. Still Trails Many Wealthy Nations in Access to Care - The New York Times

We need to be able to compare and contrast a lot better than we do now.

Friday, October 21, 2016

Pharmacies

Comparing the US and France is fascinating nowhere more than on the subject of pharmacies. Yesterday, I stopped at a pharmacy to ask the price of an over-the-counter medication. The pharmacist said they did not have the bottle size in stock and would have to order it. I asked at 4:30PM and she told me that they could have it for me at the pharmacy in 1.5 hours! In the US generally?

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Le déclin commercial des centres-villes s’aggrave

More details. Compared with US?

Commerces : comment les garder en ville ?

I was thinking about this just today as I looked at all of the giant companies on streets of Nice competing against small shops. Tough.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Like and quoi

10 billion for like; 250 million for quoi!

Etats-Unis, le pays qui arme ses enfants (2015) - Documentaire - Critique - Télérama.fr

So horrible.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Foreign Spouse, Happy Life - The New York Times

Interesting.

Friday, October 14, 2016

Qwant

Hmm. Google francais?

Thursday, October 13, 2016

La Une du 12 octobre 2016 | Le Canard Enchainé

Worth noting.

- Actu - Télématin - France 2

Complicated.

Sunday, October 09, 2016

practical-french

And, as usual, no indication of what person, people or machine is doing this, however infrequently.

practical-french - For anyone who needs some help understanding French products, French cooking, French lifestyle and French administration.

This looks like it has gone into hibernation.

Thursday, October 06, 2016

French far-right mayor declares being French means 'being European, white and Catholic' | Daily Mail Online

How despicable.

- Vie pratique - Télématin - France 2

Fascinating!

- Vie pratique - Télématin - France 2

In the US, too?

- Actu - Télématin - France 2

Very well done.