Friday, July 16, 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Prime Number - NYTimes.com

This is more than twice as expensive as in Italy where a carton costs about 38 euros or 45 USD. That's about 4.50 USD/pack. In France, it is more.

Friday, June 25, 2010

"New Family Manager"

Thursday, June 24, 2010

"Reusable Grocery Bags Contaminated With E. Coli, Other Bacteria" - UANews.org

"Special Report - Business of Green - In Paris, Electric Cars May Join Rental Bikes" - NYTimes.com

This is all getting to be a lot like "renting" a grocery cart while shopping. Here in France, unlike the US, the general rule is that you leave a deposit of about 1.25 USD before taking the cart for a spin. You get the money back if you return the cart. If we are lucky, automobiles will be much the same - cheap, easy to borrow, and perhaps even provided at someone else's expense in some situations.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Dispute Over France a Factor in Intelligence Rift - NYTimes.com

In less than ten years, we seem to have badly trashed those wonderful words from France on 9/11 - Nous Sommes Tous Americains! How sad.

Marine Le PEN

I wonder who might be the Marine Le PEN of the US? See this article.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

French interest

The internet segment of the morning Telematin program today featured both the Timescast launch at the BIDEN gaff over the health measure. I rarely see this focus on anything in the US.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

"A look at some of the numbers defining Obama's health care overhaul" - latimes.com

The first number - 32 million - is half the population of France!