From museums to TV, far-right gives Dreyfus affair new meaning in France

From museums to TV, far-right gives Dreyfus affair new meaning in France

MOre tough times ahead.

In a France Fearful of Immigrants, Another Candidate Tacks Hard Right - The New York Times

In a France Fearful of Immigrants, Another Candidate Tacks Hard Right - The New York Times

Hard to choose beween sad and angry.

E.U. Proposes Changes That Would Chip Away at Borderless Model - The New York Times

E.U. Proposes Changes That Would Chip Away at Borderless Model - The New York Times

Bad direction to move.

In France, Criticism Grows Over U.S.-Inspired Activism on Race, Gender - WSJ

In France, Criticism Grows Over U.S.-Inspired Activism on Race, Gender - WSJ

I am still trying to understand.

A Son Sends Josephine Baker to the Panthéon | The New Yorker

A Son Sends Josephine Baker to the Panthéon | The New Yorker

Nice story.

France's Éric Zemmour Tries Channeling De Gaulle to Win Votes - The New York Times

France's Éric Zemmour Tries Channeling De Gaulle to Win Votes - The New York Times

Maybe.

Josephine Baker is first Black woman inducted into France’s Panthéon - The Washington Post

Josephine Baker is first Black woman inducted into France’s Panthéon - The Washington Post

Wonderful!

In a Nonbinary Pronoun, France Sees a U.S. Attack on the Republic - The New York Times

In a Nonbinary Pronoun, France Sees a U.S. Attack on the Republic - The New York Times

Hard and easy to imagine!

Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France - The New York Times

Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France - The New York Times

Need to read this.

Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France - The New York Times

Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France - The New York Times

Want to read this.

Wes Anderson’s Dream of France, and the Paris I Remember - The New York Times

Wes Anderson’s Dream of France, and the Paris I Remember - The New York Times 

Will read later.....

How 4 Weeks of U.S. Paid Leave Would Compare With the Rest of the World - The New York Times

How 4 Weeks of U.S. Paid Leave Would Compare With the Rest of the World - The New York Times

France 42; US 0

Europe’s Social Democrats Show Signs of Life, but France Poses a Roadblock - The New York Times

Europe’s Social Democrats Show Signs of Life, but France Poses a Roadblock - The New York Times

Lots to consider.

Home — Sierra Hull

Home — Sierra Hull

Not the mandolin de France!

Macron, France Reject American 'Woke' Culture That's 'Racializing' Their Country

Macron, France Reject American 'Woke' Culture That's 'Racializing' Their Country

Sorry, but I still don't get it. 

Ex-President Sarkozy Sentenced to Jail for Campaign Spending Violations - The New York Times

Ex-President Sarkozy Sentenced to Jail for Campaign Spending Violations - The New York Times

Will he ever go to prison?

Macron tells Europe to 'stop being naive' after France signs defence deal with Greece | Reuters

Macron tells Europe to 'stop being naive' after France signs defence deal with Greece | Reuters

Hard to imagine were all this leads.

France’s Power Is Questioned After Failed Submarine Deal - The New York Times

France’s Power Is Questioned After Failed Submarine Deal - The New York Times

Good question.

Covid-19 Live News: Vaccine Mandates and Variant Updates - The New York Times

Covid-19 Live News: Vaccine Mandates and Variant Updates - The New York Times

Need more study time on this one.

Josephine Baker to Be Honored With a Panthéon Burial - The New York Times

Josephine Baker to Be Honored With a Panthéon Burial - The New York Times

I hope this is well-received/

How a French Novelist Turns the Tables on History - The New York Times

How a French Novelist Turns the Tables on History - The New York Times

Hmmm.

Opinion | Emmanuel Macron Told the French What to Do. It Didn’t Go Well. - The New York Times

Opinion | Emmanuel Macron Told the French What to Do. It Didn’t Go Well. - The New York Times

That'll do it.

Malgré la pandémie, la France devrait accueillir 50 millions de touristes étrangers cet été - Nice-Matin

Malgré la pandémie, la France devrait accueillir 50 millions de touristes étrangers cet été - Nice-Matin

Would be nice to know the countries from which they are supposed to come.

France Adopts Laws to Combat Terrorism, but Critics Call Them Overreaching - The New York Times

France Adopts Laws to Combat Terrorism, but Critics Call Them Overreaching - The New York Times

Big questionmarks.

France Takes the Lead in Pressuring People to Get Vaccinated - The New York Times

France Takes the Lead in Pressuring People to Get Vaccinated - The New York Times

Good piece but written from a politician's viewpoint. Does COHEN ever mix with just regular French people? Or just people he can see from his window wherever he lives?

France’s Ideals Are a Harder Sell Among Diverse Youth - The New York Times

France’s Ideals Are a Harder Sell Among Diverse Youth - The New York Times

A burgeoning subject.

Production de lin : des entreprises relocalisent en France pour faire revivre la filature française

Production de lin : des entreprises relocalisent en France pour faire revivre la filature française

Interesting.

France: Macron looks at pension reform ahead of election

France: Macron looks at pension reform ahead of election

Yup.

France Drops Plans to Enshrine Climate Fight in Constitution - The New York Times

France Drops Plans to Enshrine Climate Fight in Constitution - The New York Times

Hmmm.

Xavier Bertrand — Wikipédia

Xavier Bertrand — Wikipédia

To follow.

France's Xavier Bertrand: Macron and Le Pen have a new rival

France's Xavier Bertrand: Macron and Le Pen have a new rival

Lots more to come on this.

In France’s Military, Muslims Find a Tolerance That Is Elusive Elsewhere - The New York Times

In France’s Military, Muslims Find a Tolerance That Is Elusive Elsewhere - The New York Times

There is so much more to the core story.

France and U.S. Agree on the Perils of a Rising China, Blinken Says - The New York Times

France and U.S. Agree on the Perils of a Rising China, Blinken Says - The New York Times

I wonder.

French Muslim women push back on the politics of the hijab. ‘It’s my choice. It’s my life.’ - Washington Post

French Muslim women push back on the politics of the hijab. ‘It’s my choice. It’s my life.’ - Washington Post

Women should chose, not the "state". Period.

Regional Elections in France Will Test the Far Right’s Appeal - The New York Times

Regional Elections in France Will Test the Far Right’s Appeal - The New York Times

Extremely worrying.

The Mayor, the Teacher and a Fight Over a ‘Lost Territory’ of France - The New York Times

The Mayor, the Teacher and a Fight Over a ‘Lost Territory’ of France - The New York Times

La France.

French Political Leader Pelted With Flour During Protest - The New York Times

French Political Leader Pelted With Flour During Protest - The New York Times

Does it happen in the US?

Opinion | France Is Becoming More Like America. It’s Terrible. - The New York Times

Opinion | France Is Becoming More Like America. It’s Terrible. - The New York Times

Unsettling true. 

Coco’s Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Road Back From Hell - The New York Times

Coco’s Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Road Back From Hell - The New York Times

Will need to look at this.

France's Proposed Climate Law Is Stirring Divisions - The New York Times

France's Proposed Climate Law Is Stirring Divisions - The New York Times

To read.....

On the Scrappy Fringes of French Politics, Marine Le Pen Tries to Rebrand - The New York Times

On the Scrappy Fringes of French Politics, Marine Le Pen Tries to Rebrand - The New York Times

Her indirect impact, stemming from those she reflects, is hobbling the stature and life of France.

French court dismisses case against U.S. makers of Agent Orange - The Washington Post

French court dismisses case against U.S. makers of Agent Orange - The Washington Post

To review.

French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter - BBC News

French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter - BBC News 

So much to worry about here and there. 

A Farmer Moved a 200-Year-Old Stone, and the French-Belgian Border - The New York Times

A Farmer Moved a 200-Year-Old Stone, and the French-Belgian Border - The New York Times

And the earth shook?

With Napoleon Commemoration, Macron Steps Into National Debate - The New York Times

With Napoleon Commemoration, Macron Steps Into National Debate - The New York Times

Lots of urdens to bear.

French mayor Georges Tron, convicted of rape, runs the town of Draveil from prison - The Washington Post

French mayor Georges Tron, convicted of rape, runs the town of Draveil from prison - The Washington Post

I'll put this in the impossible to accept file.

Killer of French Police Officer Was a Radicalized Islamist, Prosecutor Says - The New York Times

Killer of French Police Officer Was a Radicalized Islamist, Prosecutor Says - The New York Times

Much more trouble ahead.

Top French Court Rules Killer of Jewish Woman Cannot Stand Trial - The New York Times

Top French Court Rules Killer of Jewish Woman Cannot Stand Trial - The New York Times

Probably worth trying to follow this.

France and Covid: Call My Agent star joins plea to reopen theatres - BBC News

France and Covid: Call My Agent star joins plea to reopen theatres - BBC News

Hmm.

French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights | Reuters

French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights | Reuters

Let's hope they got it right.

In France’s Delayed #MeToo, Powerful Men Fall, One After Another - The New York Times

In France’s Delayed #MeToo, Powerful Men Fall, One After Another - The New York Times

A lot to understand.

A ‘System of Espionage’ Reigned at Ikea, a French Prosecutor Charges - The New York Times

A ‘System of Espionage’ Reigned at Ikea, a French Prosecutor Charges - The New York Times

Sounds like France to me. 

Building a Mosque in France, Never Easy, May Get Even Harder - The New York Times

Building a Mosque in France, Never Easy, May Get Even Harder - The New York Times

I fundamentally disagree with how France has confronted all of these issues. They have confused some sense of past glory with freedom and the latter lost. 

Viewpoint: France's President Macron doesn't get the impact of colonialism on Algeria - BBC News

Viewpoint: France's President Macron doesn't get the impact of colonialism on Algeria - BBC News

This will continue for generations more.

Can France’s Far Right Rise to Power? One Mayor Shows How. - The New York Times

Can France’s Far Right Rise to Power? One Mayor Shows How. - The New York Times

To read more carefully.

Christopher Caldwell (journalist) - Wikipedia

Christopher Caldwell (journalist) - Wikipedia

I would have expected the NYT to tell us more about him before being asked to read what he has written, presumably from Massachusetts? Maybe those friends to which I referred are people who think like he does in the US, no less. 

Opinion | Is This the End of French Intellectual Life? - The New York Times

Opinion | Is This the End of French Intellectual Life? - The New York Times

My first impressioin is that this guy spends too much time focused on his friends, but I will read it more carefully.

African-American Sacrifice in the Killing Fields of France - The New York Times

African-American Sacrifice in the Killing Fields of France - The New York Times

I have a feeling that there is a lot more to this story and others like it. 

I’m French & I Had to Go to the Doctor in the US—Here’s What Happened | Observer

I’m French & I Had to Go to the Doctor in the US—Here’s What Happened | Observer

I bet this happens all the time.

Piratage : les données médicales sensibles de 500 000 français publiées sur internet

Piratage : les données médicales sensibles de 500 000 français publiées sur internet

We share this sort of problem. 

Lucky Luke, the Comic Book Cowboy, Discovers Race, Belatedly - The New York Times

Lucky Luke, the Comic Book Cowboy, Discovers Race, Belatedly - The New York Times

I hope that President MACRON does not condemn this as too much US influence!

‘It’s so unfair’: life on the streets of the French town branded as ‘lost to Islam’ | World news | The Guardian

‘It’s so unfair’: life on the streets of the French town branded as ‘lost to Islam’ | World news | The Guardian

Will sort this out later.

Heating Up Culture Wars, France to Scour Universities for Ideas That ‘Corrupt Society’ - The New York Times

Heating Up Culture Wars, France to Scour Universities for Ideas That ‘Corrupt Society’ - The New York Times

My first reaction to this is horror over the idea of goverment-approved (or disapproved) speech.

`Woke' American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say - The New York Times

`Woke' American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say - The New York Times

I'd look elsewhere; in fact, I would look at what is being defended.

France to Scrap Law Banning Desk Lunches - The New York Times

France to Scrap Law Banning Desk Lunches - The New York Times

These big incremental changes are really important.

Léna Situations, Upstart French Influencer, Is Rattling the Literary Lions - The New York Times

Léna Situations, Upstart French Influencer, Is Rattling the Literary Lions - The New York Times

So many conflicting forces.

At Elite French Universities, Students Demand Environmental Action - The New York Times

At Elite French Universities, Students Demand Environmental Action - The New York Times

Go guys!

France passes law protecting the sounds and smells of the countryside | CNN Travel

France passes law protecting the sounds and smells of the countryside | CNN Travel

C'est la France. 

Prominent French Intellectual Steps Down Amid Accusations of Incest - The New York Times

Prominent French Intellectual Steps Down Amid Accusations of Incest - The New York Times

If this cesspool starts to leak, it will be a flood. 

An Embattled Public Servant in a Fractured France - The New York Times

An Embattled Public Servant in a Fractured France - The New York Times

To read.