The Observer

Re-Bonjour Tristesse: Is French Pessimism Inevitable?

If we are to believe French news bulletins and media commentary, les Français are down in the dumps and their country is on the […]

By Anthony Bulger
| 27 July 2022

Editorial

A France of Many Colors

What lessons might we draw from the composition of the new French government? The France of 2022 is Jewish, Arab, and African, in the […]

By Guy Sorman
| 7 July 2022

Interview

“I Support Life and Women’s Right to Choose”

Internationally renowned professor Etienne-Emile Baulieu, 95, is a member of the French Académie des Sciences and the American National Academy of Sciences, and is […]

By Guy Sorman
| 27 June 2022

The Observer

Americanization Is Back (Did It Ever Go Away?)

The opening of Disneyland Paris, 30 years ago, has awakened the specter of Americanization in France., and the fear of “coca-colonization” continues to haunt […]

By Anthony Bulger
| 22 June 2022

Editorial

Winds of Change over Democracy

If we had to assign a date of birth to democracy in Europe and the United States, September 11, 1789, would seem to be […]

By Guy Sorman
| 15 June 2022

The Observer

On Lapalissades, Malapropisms, and Mondegreens

Poutine like the Russian president or like the Quebecois dish? Getting the wrong end of the semantic stick is all too easy, writes our […]

By Anthony Bulger
| 8 June 2022

Interview

American Bombs Falling on France

In 1944, some 60,000 French civilians were killed by Allied bombs. Was this simply the inevitable collateral damage of the Normandy landings on June […]

By Guy Sorman
| 1 June 2022

Interview

When the U.S. Supported the Vichy Regime

Why did Roosevelt maintain a diplomatic relationship with the Vichy regime until the Normandy landings while refusing to support de Gaulle? Those are the […]