Jul 142012
 
Are the French Capable of Electing a President of Arab or African Descent Today?

    As today is Bastille Day (although I’d rather call it “14 juillet” like 99.9% of the French do) I couldn’t not post here. However, this post doesn’t have any link to the French National Holiday, it just so happens that I got this very interesting question this morning and I told myself “why not answering it right away?” (I know some people have been waiting for an answer from my part for months if not for years, what [Read the rest]

Oct 222008
 

(asked by Isabelle from Los Angeles) I really can’t stand Sarkozy, because he reminds me of Bush, so I am really curious as to how he was elected. How could the French elect such an arrogant demagogue who is trying to reduce the separation of church and state and pandering to big corporations? Don’t they see that is the problem with America? First, I must tell that I’m happy to hear an American not liking Sarkozy… These days I have [Read the rest]