Monday, December 29, 2014

100 Years of Gratitude - NYTimes.com

Quite a story still.

In France, Artifacts of America’s Role in World War I - NYTimes.com

Quite something.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Travellers stranded as snow and ice sweep Europe - FT.com

Compare with the US.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Thursday, December 25, 2014

In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End - NYTimes.com

Impressively haunting.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Sondage: 47% des Français voient en Juppé "un bon président", devant Valls et Sarkozy | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

I think he will be the next President.

A Window Onto Evolving Traditions in Paris - NYTimes.com

Compared with the US?

BBC News - French PM Valls seeks to ease fears on city attacks

A dangerous world - that's for sure.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

French Cops Shoot Dead Knife-Wielding Man in Police Station - NBC News.com

Compared with the US?

La folie du coupon de réduction se répand en France

It is contagious.

Les Français boudent-ils le Père Noël?

Compare with the US.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Applications mobiles santé: les pièges à éviter

US/France differences here?

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Les libres-penseurs ne veulent pas de crèche au conseil général des AM | Nice | Nice-Matin

Compare with the US.

France Confronts an Ignoble Chapter - NYTimes.com

What would have happened had Vichy been in Indiana?

Monday, December 15, 2014

Guerre hôteliers-centrales de réservation en ligne: Booking lâche du lest

Compare with the US.

A Plan to Limit Cars in Paris Collides With French Politics - NYTimes.com

Compare with US.

U.S. Markets - NYTimes.com

Compare with France.

The Future Of Toll Roads In The U.S. (Rebroadcast) - The Diane Rehm Show

Compare with France.

Le nombre de morts sur les routes de France a augmenté de 10,7% en novembre

Compare with the US.

A Nice, le recyclage doit grignoter près de 203.000 tonnes de déchets | Nice | Nice-Matin

Compare with the US - Chapel Hill.

Revamping the Louvre to Lose That Lost Feeling - NYTimes.com

Museums in the US v. France? What distinguishes each?

France Says It Will Ban Uber’s Low-Cost Service in New Year - NYTimes.com

French v. US perspective on Uber?

What Data Tells Us About Terrorism | IPI Global Observatory

Compare US and France.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Fimalac cède 30% de Fitch Group pour 2 milliards de dollars

Fascinating timing.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Paris Court Gives Uber a Bit of Good News - NYTimes.com

I think this is not the end of this saga.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Cost of having a dog - USAA

How does the average cost of owning a dog in the US - $1,400 - compare with the cost in France?

"Universités: chercheurs et étudiants dans la rue pour réclamer plus de moyens" - Nice-Matin

How do researchers and students compare between the US and France?

"Loi Macron : qui s'y oppose ?"

How might this be treated in the US?

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Tortures : critiques et demandes de poursuites contre la CIA

We can learn a lot.

France Makes New Effort to Encourage Hiring - ABC News

Compare these measures with what has been done or not done in the US.

Propos de Marine Le Pen sur la torture : Bruno le Roux s'insurge | Atlantico.fr

I fear the US Republicans will be inviting her to address the Congress!

Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Monday, December 08, 2014

VIDEO. Marine Le Pen va divulguer les refus de prêt des banques françaises - 20minutes.fr

How would this work - or not - in the US?

Sunday, December 07, 2014

Cazeneuve veut "faire de la lutte contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme une cause nationale" | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Will this be focused only on Jews, or will it extend to all people of color, as we say in the US?

Deux tiers des Français contre une candidature de Sarkozy en 2017

Compare with numbers who oppose potential US candidates like Hillary CLINTON.

Saturday, December 06, 2014

Friday, December 05, 2014

French Defense Minister Says Russia May Never Receive Mistral Warships - NYTimes.com

Compare France and US positions vis a vis money changing hands between each of the countries and France.

Thursday, December 04, 2014

Cybersécurité: le Wi-Fi, porte d'entrée pour les pirates ?

Compared with the US?

Doctor strike

Hard to imagine this happening in the US.

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Les Français, trop accros aux antibiotiques pour l'OCDE

I don't understand.

Monday, December 01, 2014

L'impôt, un devoir citoyen? Seule une petite majorité de Français dit oui | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Compare with the US.

News | Waterloo 200 | 1815 – 2015

According to BBC today, there is a film being made and they are casting Napoleon now - could be an American?