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Those Racist French
brusselsjournal.com - 11/25/2008
Those Racist French
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Eric Zemmour , a French journalist who writes for Le Figaro , is at the center of a storm of controversy following comments he made on television November 13. Zemmour, born in Paris, is from a family of Jewish Berbers who left Algeria after the Algerian war. Zemmour’s main point was that ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/24/2008
John Hallmann: Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier
— huffingtonpost.com — As Obama takes over the wreckage this country is in, one can't help but feel like something... alien to America has been controlling it these past eight years. The wave of emotion that has erupted with the election of Barack Obama reminds me of the ... (more) John Hallmann: Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by ...

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escholarship.org - 11/29/2008
France under Louis XIV - The Redistributive Role of the State
— escholarship.org — Parliament's deal-making capabilities were to have unforeseen consequences for England's ability to adjust to economic opportunities. The... ease of making political deals, in turn, had a direct influence on governability. England's unified legal system ... (more) France under Louis XIV - The Redistributive Role of the ...

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althouse.blogspot.com - 11/24/2008
Why have the French abandoned their cafés?
— althouse.blogspot.com — The NYT has a longish article about how business has plummeted in cafés in France. Go ahead,... read it, and see how long it takes you to figure out what's causing the problem. There are many colorful sentences about how sad it is that the cafés are ... (more) Why have the French abandoned their cafés?

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¡No Pasarán!:  The Crisis that Officially Isn't

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The Crisis that Officially Isn't
¡No Pasarán! — Brussels Journal reports on an issue that has lit up the French "réacosphere": the idea that a nation with factional, race and ethnicity centered conflict is officially color-blind when society clearly isn't. The cartoon at the left reads: So, as I was saying, in France we are all racists. (Except for singers and television). - I wonder if in foreign countries they are as racist as we are... - No, I don't think so, seeing as how they're not French. The cartoon at the ...

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