Tag: Ideas and debates
Energy independence: those who put France in the ditch, by Sylvain Fort
The commission of inquiry aimed at establishing the reasons for the loss of sovereignty and energy independence, subtly chaired by the deputy (LR) Raphaël Schellenberger, offers, let us say it…
Nicolas Bouzou and Anne-Sophie Joly: Against obesity, prevention is more necessary than ever
During the presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron had proposed to start a “revolution of prevention” in the medical field. The idea was good but the implementation seems sluggish. The recent figures…
Houellebecq, his wife, porn, his trial… When reality catches up with fiction
A year earlier, in February 2022, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse called Michel Houellebecq, “visionary” according to her, at the French Academy. At the same time in the very serious Review of…
War in Ukraine: “The preferred scenario is that of an implosion of the Russian system”
The historian and journalist Pierre Servent, expert in military strategy and specialist in defense issues, is the author of Tomorrow’s world – Understanding the planetary consequences of the Ukrainian shock…
War in Ukraine: Edgar Morin’s indulgences
At 102, he could stay in bed all day, listening to music and birdsong. He chose the opposite. After the publication of his Memoirs (Lessons from a century of lifeDenoël)…
“Third World War”, climate, pensions… Pity for the youth of France
The teenager who atrociously murdered his Spanish teacher in the middle of class was not, it seems, the victim of mental disorders serious enough to exclude his criminal responsibility. But…
There is nothing optimistic about the future of Jews in Belgium, by Yana Grinshpun
Some time ago, I was contacted, in my capacity as a member of the RRA network (Research network against racism and anti-Semitism), by Fadila Maaroufi, co-founder of the Café Laïque…
“What would you say to Putin?” : what Russians really think about the war in Ukraine
We thought that Russian public opinion was indecipherable, caught between the Kremlin’s repression and the self-imposed self-censorship. For the third time, Russian opponent Alexey Minyaylo proved us wrong. On the…
Is Michel Houellebecq really a prophet? By Gerald Bronner
The news recently put the great French author Michel Houellebecq back in the spotlight. Not for the Nobel Prize or the publication of a new novel, but for his leading…
Health, nuclear, immigration… French mediocrity seen by Nicolas Bouzou
Many of them have bent over the bedside of France, in search of neuroses and pathologies specific to our nation. Alain Peyrefitte has detected a “French evil” fueled by centralism…