Coco Chanel, Jane Austen and Anita Brookner: On Flying Solo And Free
The story behind "Coco Avant Chanel"'s near plotlessness is Coco's steely determination to become what she must be -- even though she doesn't know what that is.
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Gender Quotas: The Wave of the Business Future?
Following up on his plan to move beyond the GDP to more adequate measures of national well-being, French President Nicholas Sarkozy has proposed a new plan to advance gender equity.
Rewriting History To Blame Tim Geithner: An Incomplete Story Of The AIG Bailout
The popular narrative -- that Tim Geithner needlessly favored the interests of banks over those of taxpayers -- does not withstand close scrutiny.
UN Report on Congo: A Boeing 727 From Florida, Money Laundering and Gold for Dubai
From New York to Singapore, hundreds of major news organizations, including the New York Times, the BBC, the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Voice ...
Re-Creating Creation, Take 2: The Large Hadron Collider Fires Up Again
Birds dropping baguettes, terrorist plots and nuclear critics have all tried to derail the Large Hadron Collider, but if all goes according to plan it will be re-creating the Big Bang in no time.
The Wages of Fear: Alibis and Lies
Had it been a Christian or a Jew who slaughtered thirteen people in one mad frenzy, I doubt there would have been much psycho-analysis of the murderer and his motives. It was a ghastly criminal act, period.
We Must Replay the Match
No, American friends, France is not a country of "cheaters." The affair of Thierry Henry's hand, the scandal of the France-Ireland game that we won, but should have lost, has outraged many in Paris.
Do We Want to Be Right, or Have Rights?
What makes civil unions at present unequal is not their separateness but the host of federal benefits conferred by marriage that even the best state domestic partnerships can't accord.
Mr. Besson, Europe, and Martin Heidegger
My generation lived by the idea that Europe would build itself alone, on the sly, behind our backs, without its subjects noticing. It is this illusion that is shattering.
Nissan Leaf EV launched in USA
In 1947, Tokyo Electric Cars Company built a lead-acid battery powered EV delivery truck called the Tama which it sold through 1950, when oil supplies...
Schmidt Calls Palin's Memoirs "Total Fiction"
Steve Schmidt now joins a host of former McCain staffers who have challenged the veracity of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, even before it hits the streets on Tuesday.
"Qum" Buy Ya
While the technical revelations regarding the Qum nuclear enrichment facility filter out as the IAEA prepares its final report to the U.N., the U.S. is at a crossroads regarding Iran's nuclear program.
Wynton Marsalis Awarded French Legion of Honor in NYC
Wynton Marsalis received France’s highest distinction last week in New York – the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor, an honor t...
Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane
The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.
The Case for the Internet: A Human Right
Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.
Internal Documents Reveal UK Officials Misled Parliament on Armenian Genocide
A prominent legal expert, Mr. Geoffrey Robertson, exposed this week the false and inaccurate statements on the Armenian Genocide made by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Letter From Paris: Let the Saints Come Marching In
We headed over to the beautiful cemetery to say hey to Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and others. If the 20th Arrondissement is good enough for them, then it certainly should work for us.
One Last Option for Securing Iranian Enriched Uranium
Iran's refusal and counter-proposal to shipping low-enriched uranium to Russia is unacceptable. But before slamming the door on talks, two alternative arrangements still deserve consideration.
Reagan's Anti-Government Kool-Aid Has Poisoned Civil Public-Option Dialogue
The indignant, GOP, all-government-is-bad know-nothings have swallowed the Kool-Aid. And Ronald Reagan was the guy who dressed up as a giant pitcher and convinced them do it.
Food Beware: How Non-Organic Food Will Kill You
While Food, Inc. uncovered the horrors of the industrial food system, Food Beware links pesticides and herbicides with cancer and other health problems.
Sexism and the Workplace: Have We Come a Long Way (Baby)?
The reality is that, even if you are a female executive at Goldman Sachs, you will never be part of the "boys' club" -- and guess what, it's still a boys' club.
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