A new cathedral spire has finally emerged from scaffolding nearly four years after flames engulfed Paris’s storied Notre Dame Cathedral in April 2019. Intense reconstruction efforts began immediately … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited…
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, sent a message to a large crowd — over 100,000 people, according to the Associated Press — who marched Sunday against anti-Semitism. The march was called by p… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
Last Wednesday, while thousands of migrants set fire to the streets in France for the second night in a row, Emmanuel Macron was dancing at an Elton John concert. There is no better image to define th… No hoodwinking or…
Élisabeth Borne, la Secrète By Bérengère Bonte (L’Archipel, 240 pages, $28) There’s no better promotional vehicle than controversy and scandal. Given this, journalist Bérengère Bonte’s timely pr… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access to…
The scene of a wretch stabbing babies in their strollers in a playground will stay with us for a long time. Out of disgust, out of horror, out of impotence, out of shame. I will not be so simplistic a……
Too many politicians are thespians. When there’s a conflict — as there often is — between appearing to solve problems and actually helping to solve those problems, politicians can almost always be c… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
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French President Emmanuel Macron is in trouble, again, not for raising the retirement age, but for his recent visit to China. Before he went, people in the democratic world hoped he would use the o… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….
The headlines are flush with China’s moves on the global chessboard. China brokered an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in which the Middle East rivals restored diplomatic relations after a sev… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…
Count Basie made it into one of the most popular pieces of the big-band jazz era, brass and solo horn and discreet piano — the bandleader himself — keeping the melody from going overboard with happine… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling…