Bernard Henri Levy

The Pharmacy of Europe

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Eurozone, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, Greece Debt, European Union, Bernard Henri Levy, Europe, Euro, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

That Europe is both the name of what ails us and its remedy, that it is among the origins of the crisis and the means of surmounting it should come as no surprise to those who remember the lessons of our masters.

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Civilization in Suite 2806

Nancy Graham Holm | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Rape, Bernard-Henri Levy, Dominique Strauss Kahn Maid, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rape, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sofitel, Dsk, Women News
Nancy Graham Holm

Some Frenchmen would like us to think it was not the hotel guest who appeared nude to a housemaid, but members of America's press and judicial system. Mon dieu! What are they talking about?

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NATO in Libya: Confused Coalition of the Unwilling and Unable

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Egypt, Italy, Germany, Nato, Sarkozy, Muammar Qadaffi, Gadaffi, Merkle, David Cameron, Poland, Misrata, Franco Frattini, Bernard Henri Levy, Tripoli, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

NATO officials claim that as the pressure increases on Muammar Gaddafi, it is just a matter of time before he is either killed or forced to depart Libya. One hopes so, but hope is not a military strategy.

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Literary Divas You Can’t Help But Love

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Literature, Joyce Carol Oates, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Jamaica Kincaid, Terry McMillan, Literary Divas, Amy Chua, Margaret Atwood, Bernard Henri Levy, Salman Rushdie, Joan Acocella, Books News

There are divas and there are their lesser-known male counterparts, divos; the thing that unites them is their willingness to make demands and to do w...

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Letter From Paris: The Face of Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bernard Henri Levy, Dominique Strauss Kahn Sexual Assault, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, World News
Beth Arnold

When the bomb dropped about the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, all of Paris was abuzz. The dust settled, and the French elite came out swingin...

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Nakba Is in the Eyes of the Beholder

David Suissa | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Gideon Levy of Haaretz, Steven Chu, Geogre Kerra, Saul Bellow, Irael, Jeffrey Goldberg, Jpost, Better Place, Bernard-Henri Levy, Renault Fluence ZE, Nakba, Palestinians, Moshe Katsavr, World News
David Suissa

Perhaps the biggest disaster is the inability of the Arab world to see the Jewish state as anything but a cursed presence. Call me a cynic, but I don't think peace has a chance when Arabs still see the birth of Israel as a Nakba.

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Jason Linkins

Penning A Rape Apology: A Guide For Important Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Ben Stein Dsk, World, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Ben Stein, International Monetary Fund, Ben Stein Dominque Strauss-Kahn, Sexual Assault, World News, Bernard-Henri Levy Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Dominique Strauss Kahn Jail, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Scandal, Dsk, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Ben Stein, Bernard Henri Levy, Dsk Scandal, Bernard-Henri Levy, Dominque Strauss-Kahn Rape, DSK Rape, Bernard-Henri Levy Dsk, Rikers Island, Media News

Who would have thought there would ever be an issue in our modern lives that could possibly bring together the abundant talents of Bernard-Henri Levy and Ben Stein?

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Why Can Bernard-Henri Levy Excuse Rape And Still Be Taken Seriously?

Asher Smith | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bernard Henri Levy, Colbert Report, Lord Christopher Monckton, Media News
Asher Smith

Famed French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy saw the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair as an opportunity to place the blame precisely where he felt it belonged: with the American system of justice, with the global media and with the woman.

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PHOTOS: 10 Writers’ Unruly, Manly Manes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Nadeem Aslam, Jerzy Kosinski, Writers, Neil Gaiman, Jack Kerouac, Crazy Hair, Homer, Martin Amis, David Foster Wallace, Bernard-Henri Levy, Malcolm Gladwell, Frederick Douglass, Books News

We were a little bit late in reading Jorian Polis Schutz’s analysis of manly manes in the last issue of Cabinet, titled “Barbers and Barbarians,...

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A Reply -- With Regret -- to Claude Lanzmann

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Nato Libya, Claude Lanzmann, Claude Lanzmann Libya, Bernard Henri Levy, Libya War, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

How can a man of his character put on a show of such capriciousness--one day signing a petition calling for France to intervene, and then, just four weeks later, condemning the same intervention and betraying his own signature?

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Daphne Guinness: Bernard-Henri Levy 'Is Quite Obviously The Love Of My Life' (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, Daphne Guinness Bernard Henri-Levy, Bernard Henri-Levy, Daphne Guinness, Style News

Daphne Guinness opened up to Harper's Bazaar about curating an outfit, why she won't borrow clothes and her relationship with French philosopher Berna...

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Why Is BDS a Moral Duty Today? A Response to Bernard-Henri Levy

Omar Barghouti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boycott Divestment Sanctions, Palestine, Bernard Henri Levy, Bds, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News
Omar Barghouti

Mr. Levy attempts to smear the movement by presenting a number of misleading premises and reaching, as a result, unwarranted conclusions. What he obscures are the real objectives of the movement.

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Blasphemy Is A Victimless Crime

Landon Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blasphemy Laws, Free Speech, Religious Freedom, Bernard Henri Levy, Multiculturalism, Nick Cohen, European Islamophobia, Democratic Ideals, Global Pluralism, Crime of Blasphemy, Pakistan Blasphemy, Defamation of Religions, Religion News
Landon Ross

Justifying silence when those whose rights are being violated happen to be of a different ethnicity and culture is a species of racism, poorly disguised under the mask of "respect."

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WATCH: Bernard-Henri Levy With Stephen Colbert

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Video, Colber Report Bernard-Henri Levy, Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert Bernard-Henri Levy, Bernard-Henri Levy, Bernard-Henri Levy Stephen Colbert, Colbert, Books News

"You are something of a rarity in America," Stephen Colbert told his guest on "The Colbert Report" last night Bernard-Henri Levy. "You are a public in...

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Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? Not a Gala Dinner (Third Episode, 1999)

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jean-Luc Godard, Bernard Henri Levy, Anti-Semitism, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

The initiative for the "Pas un dîner de gala" (Not a gala dinner) project was Jean-Luc Godard's; as is often the case with him, everything evolved from a commission.

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Is Jean-Luc Godard Anti-Semitic?

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jean-Luc Godard, Bernard Henri Levy, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

The question of Godard's anti-semitism has come up again, on the occasion of an "Honorary Award," this Saturday, November 13th in Los Angeles, for the entirety of his work.

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We Need Discussions, Not Debates

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Laurie Goodstein, Islam, Peace, Bernard Henri-Levy, Discussion, Christopher Hitchens, Tariq Ramadan, Nyu, 92y, Skirball Center, Koran, Debate, New York News
Danny Groner

What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm. But it's also the words he chooses and the way he presents them.

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Letter to Sakineh

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bernard-Henri Levy, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Sakineh, Capital Punishment, Tehran, Iran, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

A new initiative to try to save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has just been launched in France. What does it consist of? In substance, it amounts to a daily letter to Sakineh.

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Interview: Sakineh's Attorney Speaks From Exile

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Sakineh, Bernard Henri Levy, Iran, Mohamad Mostafaei, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Until a few days ago, Mohamad Mostafaei was Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtian's attorney. In addition to his profession, he was one of the free voices of Iran and one of its consciences.

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An Open Letter to Bernard-Henri Levy, on His Defense of Roman Polanski and Pope Benedict XVI

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pius XII, Garry Wills, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Hitler, Christopher Hitchens, The Holocaust, Bernard Henri Levy, The Simpsons, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Polanski, World News
Ariel Gonzalez

I've been reading your intemperate, self-righteous posts on the Polanski affair, in which you defend the child rapist against his detractors, among whom I count myself.

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Jewish Liberals from all Nations, Unite

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Jewish Liberals, European Jews, J Street, Bernard Henri Levy, Israel, Enlightenment, Middle East Peace, Jcall, World News
Carlo Strenger

The movement initiated by J Street is now joined by the European JCall which includes leading Jewish intellectuals like Bernard-Henri Levy and Alain Finkielkraut, which has presented its message to the European Parliament this week.

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European Jews Sign Petition Critical Of Israel

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe Petition, Israel, Israel Petition, Bernard-Henri Levy, World News

PARIS — More than 3,000 European Jews, including prominent intellectuals, have signed a petition speaking out against Israeli settlement policie...

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For Sigmund Freud

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michel Onfray, Bernard Henri Levy, Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

It pains me, in every sense of the word, to find in this tissue of platitudes, sillier than they are malicious, the author of a few books that seemed to me so promising twenty years ago.

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Israel's Bunker Mentality

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Blockade, Gaza, Gaza Flotilla Raid, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel American Foreign Policy, Gaza Flotilla, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amos Oz, Bernard Henri Levy, Israel, World News
Carlo Strenger

There are two profound psychological blocks that do not allow Israel's leadership to get off its disastrous course, once again proven by the Flotilla Disaster: one is sheer fear, the other is self-righteousness.

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April Fools' 2010: The 11 Most Incredible Literary Hoaxes (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Jean-Baptiste Botul, April Fools, April Fools' Day 2010, April Fools' 2010, Nasdijj, Hoaxes, Books, Hitler Diaries, Bernard-Henri Levy, April Fools' Day, JT LeRoy, Slidepollajax, The Da Vinci Code, Literary Hoaxes, April Fools Jokes, April Fools Pranks, Books News

Happy April Fools' Day! This year, at HuffPost Books we're celebrating April Fools' by looking back at some of the greatest literary hoaxes of all tim...

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