I recently confessed that I’ve spent precious little time watching the marathon of Republican debates this campaign season. Maybe this makes me a bad citizen, but my tendencies toward psychological masochism have their limits. That said I have tried to keep … Continue reading
Tag Archives: France
A Couple of Brief Thoughts on DSK
Well… damn. There’s some news for you. Assuming latest reports are true (and given the twists and turns of this affair, that’s an important hedge) it looks as though the DSK case may collapse shortly. Current reporting is sketchy, and … Continue reading
Bernard-Henri Levy Should be Ashamed of Himself
Look, I get that when someone you know/admire/respect comes under public fire, there’s a natural instinct to take their side, to look for exculpatory evidence, to give credence to conspiratorial imaginings and to look for someone else to blame. I … Continue reading
Seulement les Français…
I’m preparing a much longer post addressing this debate, but I’d just like to point out that only the French would have a color coded terror alert system that separates “reinforced red” from the highest level, “scarlet.”
Quick Hit: Joyner on France, the Roma and the EU
James Joyner does a pretty good job laying out the issues at stake in the brewing confrontation between France and the EU over France’s expulsion of hundreds of Roma from its territory. Money graf: My guess is that both sides … Continue reading
Again on Empire and Punctuated Equilibrium
Niall Ferguson has an op-ed in The Australian musing on the possibility that the U.S., due to its difficult fiscal position, might be on the verge of a rapid, cascading decline in global influence similar to that of late Bourbon … Continue reading