Tag: politics and politicians
France Elevates Poet Aimé Césaire to Status of “Great Man” at Pantheon
April 6, 2011 – Little noticed and scantily attended on a warm and sunny spring day, France showed its gratitude to one of its...
Florida Forgives Jim Morrison for Dying in Paris
Here’s an image from Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery of the well-visited grave of Jim Morrison (1943-1971), frontman for the Doors, ...
Nazi Talk Provides Moral Clarity on Veterans Day—Not
France's national train company SNCF acknowledges with "profound pain" in Florida its wartime role in the deportation of Jews from 1942 to 1944.
Vichy: Not That Vichy, This Vichy
For many people, both French and foreign, something uncomfortable lurks in the name Vichy. Yet come to Vichy in the center of France, just under three hours by train from Paris, and you’ll soon have in mind not the waste and manipulation of war but rather the echo of one of the great pre-war spa towns of Europe.
Republican U.S. Senator Declares an End to Freedom Fries
May 2009--Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee declared an end to Freedom Fries last week when he converted to Francophilia.
On April 25 Senator...
Cross-Cultural Insights into Health or How I Spent My Winter Vacation
Only an expatriate can understand the pleasure of returning home without having to be someone’s guest. There’s no place like home, of course, and...
McDonald’s France throws Bush under the train, jumps on the Obama Express
In the waning days of the Bush administration, McDonald’s France decided it was finally time to get on the Obamania bandwagon and start promoting...
Post-Election Haircut in Paris
Five days after Barack Obama was elected president I went to get a haircut. There were no other customers in the shop, odd for a...
On becoming a pundit
In the Food & Drink section of this site I note that traveling in France turns everyone into a food critic. In the same...