Family Friendly Nudist Events: Nudism Reality vs Middle America Americans are very worked up about a family friendly nudist swimming event in the Canadian city…
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When Manuel Legris retired as an étoile at Paris Opera last year, he immediately took up residence in Vienna as the artistic director of the…
Leave a CommentFrench like to make themselves out as the home of liberty, fraternity and egality. Alas, a short delve into their history indicates more totalitarianism, fratricide…
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Last winter when I was living in Paris, I went regularly to the cultural evenings and exhibitions at the Centre Culturel Irlandais on rue des…
Leave a CommentHere’s what Casanova has to say about Catholic girls back in 1768 during his sejour in Madrid. Rien d’ailleurs n’est plus certain que ceci: une…
1 CommentAs the whole world knows by now, France has been buffeted by nightly riots American coverage began with one of the most stupid editorials I have ever seen. Mark Steyn suggested that what was happening in the Parisian suburbs was akin to war and After four somnolent years, it turns out finally that there really is an explosive ”Arab street,” but it’s in Clichy-sous-Bois…For half a decade, French Arabs have been carrying on a low-level intifada against synagogues, kosher butchers, Jewish schools, etc….Unlike America’s Europhiles, France’s Arab street correctly identified Chirac’s opposition to the Iraq war for what it was: a sign of weakness.
Leave a CommentFor a long time, I’ve been mildly contemptuous of Claude Lelouche’s films. Eminently français, these tired tales of bourgeois hypocrisy and venality, had lost all…
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Bare black stage. A girl stands. A fallen chair. The girl rolls on to her back. A single overhead light allumes. Girl rises. Dressed in…
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