Tag: Ideas and debates
“How Grotesque and Ugly Modern Russia Is in Wartime”, by Nick Paton Walsh
Wars deserve to be viewed in ways other than geopolitical issues or shifting alliances, and more as moments of personal agony or horror. A year after the start of Russia’s…
“Roald Dahl affair”: why children’s literature is the most affected by rewrites
Scandal in the country of Willy Wonka. For its 2022 reissue of Roald Dahl’s books, the great British house Puffin has decided – in agreement with its heirs – to…
Are the super-rich smarter?
When announcing on Twitter the publication of his latest scientific work, Dutch sociologist Thijs Bol copied Elon Musk. A small spade addressed to the American billionaire while his erratic decisions…
Roald Dahl’s books rewritten: “A distressing view of children’s literature”
The Puffin publishing house has announced new versions of children’s novels by Roald Dahl, author among others of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda Or Fantastic Master Fox. Several hundred…
Russia, China… Let’s not give in to the imperialist fever of authoritarian regimes!
The bombs are still thundering in the East. But it is not only in Ukraine that the population undergoes the warlike fantasies of a leader in lack of adrenaline. On…
The National Assembly did not wait for the rebels to insult each other, by Sylvain Fort
It’s still quite amusing, this Fifth Republic. Because it is made to achieve absolute majorities placed at the service of the action of the President of the Republic, it has…
“Slava Ukraini”: BHL’s journey to the fiercest of the blaze
“War, politicians say, is back in Europe.” Europe, to speak with Kissinger, unfortunately still does not have a telephone number, and our knowledge of the war is most often bookish,…
Edmond Dziembowski: “The French Revolution is the mother of contemporary conspiracy”
From the first months of 1789, France was gripped by a “conspiratorial fever” which persisted in seeking the hidden causes of the Revolution. For many contemporaries, this incredible event can…
War in Ukraine: the seven strategic consequences of the conflict
A new step has been taken by the members of NATO, who are going to supply combat tanks to Ukraine. The military escalation in Ukraine does not seem to be…
The Doomsday Clock is indifferent to scientific advances, by Gérald Bronner
According to the doomsday clock, we have never been closer to the end of time. This clock – the Doomsday Clock – was conceived in 1947 by a college of…