Thursday, January 31, 2013

TV5MONDE : Programmes - LE JOURNAL DE FRANCE 2

This provides a great juxtaposition of the national news priorities in France v. the US with France2 at 6 and NBC at 6:30, for example. 

Castellane | Secte du Mandarom : la Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme condamne la France | La Provence

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

French Automakers’ Biggest Problem? French Consumers - NYTimes.com

And in the US?

With Timbuktu Retaken, France Signals It Plans to Pull Back in Mali - NYTimes.com

I wonder what a detailed comparison would look like between recent extra-territorial military activities of France and the US?

Appeals Court Suspends Peugeot's Job-Cut Plan - NYTimes.com

The entire car sector is another area from which we could learn so much from a thorough comparison.

French Central Bank Workers Strike Over Job Cut Plans - NYTimes.com

What a great opportunity to compare a piece of France with a piece of the US!

Le Figaro - Conjoncture : Le débat sur « la faillite » de la France relancé

Both France and the US need a way for ordinary citizens, even of the reasonably intelligent sort, to be able to really understand issues like this. It should not be left for so much variation and uncertainty. Reasonable judgment is needed in order to promote some core understanding, in my view.

Sunday, January 27, 2013