Learning from France
betsyspage.blogspot.com 8/8/2009 — France's health care system is often held up as a model of how successful a single-payer, universal health care plan could be. However, France is waking up to the costs of having such a plan. The French system's fragile solvency shows how tough it is ...

Healthcare in France
harrisonprice.com 9/5/2009 — An interesting article from Investor’s Business Daily about socialized healthcare in France and why all the good things you’ve been hearing about it are not necessarily true: Health Systems: Health care in France is often held up as a model the U.S. might follow. Yet the French ...

France in NATO: Why It Matters
brusselsjournal.com 3/27/2009 — French President Nicolas Sarkozy has responded to critics of his decision to return France fully to NATO by downplaying the significance of the plan. Sarkozy has argued that France’s full “reintegration” into the military command structure of the ...

August Anniversaries -- By: Denis Boyles
article.nationalreview.com 8/19/2009 — A ugust, and golden oldies. Serious thought is forbidden this month, which is why every middle-aged pop critic in America is still waxing on Woodstock and talking about how Janis changed the world and Arlo shut down the New York State Thruway, man. ...

Visit the McLouvre in Paris!
feedproxy.google.com 10/6/2009 — No big bonjour here! This story really cracks me up. I lived in Paris, France for two years and saw some pretty interesting stuff while I was there. The French seem to love to consume America products but their elected officials always seem to condemn them. The French ...

The US is not France
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 3/13/2009 — Henry Farrell argues that the worries that national healthcare will turn the United States into France are overblown: . . . the claim that America is going to become 'France' 2 if we're not very careful doesn't really hold up. If this kind of ...

Court May ‘Dissolve’ Scientology in France: Liberation, France
themoderatevoice.com 5/27/2009 — Is the church founded by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard a unique way to obtain spiritual guidance in a troubled world, or is it a fraud designed to part the gullible from their hard earned money? It’s a debate that’s ...

Rachel Marsden: What France Is Debating While America Tackles Health Care
townhall.com 10/11/2009 — While America is busy trying to sort out health care reform, you may be wondering what a country like France is up to, now that their health care debate has long been settled. Here's a look at what has been making news...

France Gives Up Sea-Based Tactical Nukes
lefarkins.blogspot.com 8/18/2009 — France has acknowledged that it will no longer deploy nuclear weapons on board the Charles De Gaulle, at least under normal circumstances: France no longer deploys nuclear weapons on its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle under normal circumstances ...

Is French Capitalism Causing Mass Suicide?
reason.com 10/7/2009 — The New York Times reports that French workers—beneficiaries of some of Europe's most generous workplace rules—are suffering under the boot heel of their corporate masters. Observe, says the Times , the "spate of suicides at France ...

France Fights Cost of Universal Care — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 8/7/2009
Soaring costs are pushing France's universal health-care system into crisis. The result: As Congress fights over whether the U.S. should be more like France, France is trying to borrow U.S. tactics.

Airlines flying Airbus A330 and A340 planes (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 8/7/2009
AP - Airlines are replacing airspeed sensors on their Airbus A330 and A340 airliners, which have been a focus of the investigation into the June 1 crash of Air France Flight 447. The only U.S. airlines operating the planes are Northwest, with 32, and ...

Investigators: Airspeed systems failed on U.S. planes (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 8/7/2009
AP - On at least a dozen recent flights by U.S. jetliners, malfunctioning equipment made it impossible for pilots to know how fast they were flying, federal investigators have discovered. A similar breakdown is believed to have played a role in ...

France Fights Cost of Universal Care — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 8/7/2009
Soaring costs are pushing France's universal health-care system into crisis. As the U.S. fights over whether to be more like France, France is trying to borrow U.S. tactics.

Airlines flying Airbus A330 and A340 planes (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 8/8/2009
AP - Airlines are replacing airspeed sensors on their Airbus A330 and A340 airliners, which have been a focus of the investigation into the June 1 crash of Air France Flight 447. The only U.S. airlines operating the planes are Northwest, with 32, and ...