Category: Letter From Paris - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Letter From Paris
by | Apr 27, 2022

It is rare in Western democracies for election losers to get nearly as much attention as the winner. That is what happened in France after the rematch between Monsieur Macron and Madame Le Pen. Macron won comfortably with 58.5 percent…

by | Apr 11, 2022

France’s much-anticipated 2022 presidential election, which held its first round on April 10, proved to be a déjà vu moment that recalled the 2017 election. The incumbent centrist, Emmanuel Macron of the Republic on the Move Party, garnered 27.6 percent of…

by | May 4, 2020

Chestnuts are in blossom, but there are no holiday tables under the trees this spring as Paris struggles with the coronavirus. For the past seven weeks, its citizens have been confined to their homes, sans sidewalk cafes, sans restaurants, sans…

by | Apr 2, 2020

Ausweis in pocket, I head out for my morning constitutional on Avenue de Breteuil, a spacious esplanade lined with double rows of plane trees leading to the monumental golden dome of Les Invalides and Napoleon’s tomb. A police car cruises…

by | Feb 25, 2020

“France has neither winter nor summer nor morals,” observed Mark Twain. “Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.” The sage of Hannibal, Missouri, was right on both points. France’s temperate climate, moderated by the Gulf Stream, lacks the…

by | Dec 27, 2019

’Tis indeed the season to be jolly, but don’t expect much merriment here. To be sure, the weeks of France’s ongoing strikes against the attempt by the government of President Emmanuel Macron to reform the country’s creaky retirement system is…

by | Nov 27, 2019

Nervous self-congratulation will be the order of the day next week in London as representatives of the 29 member nations convene to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. There will be much relief expressed that President…

by | Oct 11, 2019

After years of Islamist terror attacks from Paris to the Riviera that have left hundreds dead, you might think that the French are inured to the fact that they are the jihadists’ favorite target in the Western world. But now…

by | Oct 19, 2011

In fine old American families where tradition holds an honored place, the wisdom of the ages is passed down from father to son. One early dictum, when sonny is still in short pants, is the time-honored, “Never pass up the…

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