Tag: Ideas and debates
Justine Triet controversy: “Anti-capitalism has become a luxury belief”
It’s a cliché brandished even in the palace of the Cannes Film Festival. By receiving her Palme d’Or on Saturday, filmmaker Justine Triet targeted a “neoliberal” government. He would have…
Biden will probably have more trouble with DeSantis than with Trump, by Sylvain Fort
Ron DeSantis declared himself a candidate for the US presidential election on May 24. Presented as an offspring of Donald Trump, whom he had supported in 2016, he tries his…
Living together: why a true liberal gets involved in what concerns him
In a short text written more than twenty-five years ago (1), the American political philosopher and liberal thinker Gerald Gaus (1952-2020) attempted a rehabilitation of Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of…
EDF saved by Putin!, by Jean-François Copé
All the lights are now green for the renationalization of EDF. On June 8, the state will control 100% of the company. This takeover initiated by the executive should notably…
Public holidays, a French tradition: “The meaning of certain holidays has changed”
In this month of May saturated with bridges, public holidays first evoke the torpor of long weekends. An approval that should not make us forget their tumultuous history, as Jacqueline…
Arno Klarsfeld: Putin is a plutocratic autocrat, but he is not Hitler
“Gentlemen you can’t fight in here, this is the war room!” (“Gentlemen, you can’t fight here, we’re in the command center”), launched Peter Sellers as President of the United States,…
Biography of Elisabeth Borne in court: the ambiguities of a “secret” Prime Minister
Her sexual orientation, her vomiting in the toilets when she was chief of staff to the Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal, the sordid details of her father’s suicide… The so…
Molinari Institute: “Europe lacks 10,400 billion euros in market capitalization”
The demand for sovereignty, whether digital, technological, energy, food or medical, has imposed itself – at least in discourse – as a priority. It is obvious that Europe has become…
Rap, splendor and misery of a popular but disparaged genre
Glory: “great brilliance”, but also “exaggerated pride”… The title of Bénédicte Delorme-Montini’s book, The Glory of Rap (Gallimard), condenses the ambivalence of this genre, which is as popular as it…
“Jeanne du Barry”: Maïwenn’s film is an aesthetic scandal, by Sylvain Fort
Maïwenn’s film, Jeanne du Barry, was met with moderately favorable reviews, to say the least. We did not appreciate that the director seems, through Du Barry, to tell her personal…