The medium of television has confirmed that nothing transcends like success. After decades of Donald Trump banking his triumphs via TV, it was a mere random and unplanned television moment this week that transformed celebrity into consequence. New technologies appear…
In a tumultuous turn of events, France’s government is suddenly facing significant political upheaval. On Dec. 4, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted after a historic vote of no-confidence. The timing of this vote comes as France currently faces…
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, particularly the appalling mockery of The Last Supper, has been roundly condemned, and deservedly so. The ridiculous “Bacchic Tableau” and the even more ridiculous post facto claim that this was innocent fun were…
The French at Wimbledon Were you to ask anyone at SW 19 when was the last time a Frenchman won the All-England Championships at Wimbledon, classiest tournament in tennis, you would get a blank stare. Without a copy of Bud…
The French Parliamentary second round elections on July 7 have delivered unexpected results with the left’s New Popular Front winning a relative majority with 172-192 of the 577 seats, followed by Macron’s Presidential Majority with 150-170 seats and National Rally with…
You could have been born in Paris and feeling that walking through its picturesque parks is like crossing Senegal. And hanging love locks on bridges. And having all of Europe look down on you for voting for Le Pen trying…
Watching Joe Biden drift off to the far left of all the other dark-suited government heads at the G7 summit in Italy last week, then get pulled back right by white-clad conservative Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, I couldn’t help…
In last week’s European Parliamentary elections, citizens in country after country rejected left-wing policies. Predictably, left-leaning major media outlets across the globe — the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vox, Politico, the Guardian — decried…
You’ve almost surely seen the famous photograph taken from space of the Koreas at night. North Korea is almost totally dark, South Korea is bright with lights. In one image, it conveys the dramatic difference between communism and capitalism. Perhaps…
