A huge scandal is emerging in French football (soccer) as coach, and national sports hero Laurent Blanc is accused of installing quotas limiting the number of 'dual-nationals' in the country's youth ...
Read more »A year ago I wrote a blog outlining my opposition to the move by several Western European governments to ban the face-covering burqa and niqab in public spaces. You can link to the article ...
Read more »A few weeks ago, a few journalist responded to the French strikes with the usual clichés of Gallic intransigence versus Anglo reserve. Anne Applebaum wrote: “And thus did everyone, ...
Read more »A few months ago a friend of mine returned from his first trip overseas. Like most first time travellers, the trip made a big impression on him. He was particularly impressed with the French, and ...
Read more »This week the Spanish city of Barcelona announced that it will officially ban the burqa and the niqab from all government buildings. The move mirrors actions taken by the French government in 20 ...
Read more »Bayern Munich superstar, and French international Franck Ribéry, was named by the Zinedine Zidane himself as the 'jewel of French football.' Ribéry proved Zidane's words weren't all ...
Read more »This past week, Haiti was rocked by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, killing an estimated 50,000 people. The world has responded with aid and enormous amounts of sympathy. ...
Read more »All last week, political leaders from around the world convened in Geneva, Switzerland for the 2009 United Nations World Conference Against Racism. The conference was intended to develop strategies ...
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"Do you think the mention of Jung's wealth was to be taken as Jung's anal fixation? He was always clean, well-dressed, and organised (when he was moving office). "
Pejman
"Time should also be held accountable for allowing this photo to be taken too."
C