Mind the gap in French healthcare - Telegraph

British expats win French healthcare battle - Telegraph

"New stamps would lock in postage rate … 'forever'" - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

If the "forever" stamps appear in May, they are a very good idea. The USPS has our money and we ought to have the certainty of being able to mail at the rate for as long as we choose.

In France, we have come to rely on this and there is never a need to wonder if we have the current correct postage. The stamps we purchased for the same price as those bearing a denomination are always correct.

It is nice to see the US continuing to learn from good ideas in France.

"In Paris, Photographing a City That Has No Bad Side" - The New York Times

"Elections américaines : la publicité politique cède au démon de la délation" - Le Monde

"Les Bienveillantes - Books" - The New York Times

"France Battles a Problem That Grows and Grows: Fat" - New York Times

"Diverse Marseille Spared in French Riots"

"Diverse Marseille Spared in French Riots"

SUV Buyers Defy High Price of Gas in France

SUV Buyers Defy High Price of Gas in France

On world stage, France's role is audience favorite

On world stage, France's role is audience favorite

French forces storm seized ship

French forces storm seized ship

Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French

Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French

Hermes president apologizes on-air to Oprah

Hermes president apologizes on-air to Oprah

"154 Patients Died, Many in Intense Heat, as Rescues Lagged"

"154 Patients Died, Many in Intense Heat, as Rescues Lagged"

Many elderly people died in Paris during the 2003 heat wave. There may very well be some things for the US to learn from how France has responded to that tragedy. Perhaps it can leave to more elderly lives saved in future emergencies.

Wine-Drinkers Down by a Million in France

Wine-Drinkers Down by a Million in France

"Politicus: A lethal ridiculousness in the European Union"

"Politicus: A lethal ridiculousness in the European Union"

Europe has big problems that need to be addressed says John VINOCUR, and yet there are only signs of hard work to ignore those problems or to hide them behind mundane business.

J'ai honte de mon pays

J'ai honte de mon pays

These were the words said to me three times yesterday by people trying to help me after being robbed at the Nice Airport. The woman who did the paperwork for my rental car (from a French/German company, Sixt) and two police officers were extraordinary in their efforts to respond.

The woman literally ran off in pursuit of one of the men in the two person team that robbed me. She was unsuccessful but amazing all the same.

The two policemen could not have been nicer, and wrote up a report that I think would have been the envy of many starving writers in France. An excellent description of what happened.

And, then, a Frenchman called today to say that his colleague had found the plastic (zip-lock) bag that was stolen, with some of the items still in the bag.

The cover of Liberation sums up the views of millions of French people - the empire grows worse - with the re-election of BUSH.

Reaction to US presidential election

In France, the reaction to the US election is just developing, but what may be most difficult is simply to accept the apparent fact that Americans have re-elected BUSH. There was a general view not only critical of BUSH, but mildly confident that he would be defeated. Coping with the likely reality of "four more years" will be very difficult in all corners of France and among French people of all kinds.

Le Monde reporting the US election

Le Monde went to press this morning with a big questionmark.