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July 2022
Celebrating Bastille Day
With Bastille Day – France’s fête nationale – just around the corner, read about French Azilum, a royalist refuge built in the Pennsylvania countryside to welcome Queen Marie Antoinette, and tour the Château de Vizille near Grenoble, which houses the world’s only museum devoted to the Revolution of 1789! Also in this issue, discover the history of the French and American flags, which happen to share the same colors, take a look at the French inventions that changed the world – from Pascal’s calculator to the lawn mower – and read our editorial on diversity in Emmanuel Macron’s new government. Vive la différence!
Featured Articles
INTERVIEW
ETIENNE-EMILE BAULIEU
“I Support Life and Women’s Right to Choose”
Professor Etienne-Emile Baulieu is known for inventing the abortion pill. Comprised of mifepristone (or RU-486), it is used to terminate a pregnancy without surgery. In the endless debate on abortion in the United States, the future of this medication is currently threatened by pro-life activists, despite being authorized by the FDA since 2000.
By Guy Sorman
ENTREPRENEURS
ARIANE & ALIX DAGUIN
Good Taste from Mother to Daughter
Ariane Daguin, founder of the D’Artagnan gourmet-products distributor, has just sold her company for 102 million dollars. Her new project, a farm and a restaurant overseen by her daughter Alix, has seen her reconnect with her family roots.
CULTURE
FRENCH INVENTIONS
That Changed the World
From Blaise Pascal’s mechanical calculator to Roland Moreno’s chip card, French innovations have helped shape today’s world.
PORTFOLIO
A
Is For Art... and André Saraiva
André Saraiva is a French graffitist, concept artist, video maker, and entrepreneur well known in the fashion, music, and nightlife worlds – he created clubs such as Le Baron in Paris and Le Bain in New York. He recently published a coffee-table book recounting his 40-year career between France and the United States.
Table of contents
FROM THE NEWSDESK
Change, Continuity, Uncertainty: France Has a New Government. By Anthony Bulger
COME ON OUT
French Cultural Events in North America. By Tracy Kendrick
EDITORIAL
A France of Many Colors. By Guy Sorman
INTERVIEW
Etienne-Emile Baulieu: “I Support Life and Women’s Right to Choose.” By Guy Sorman
THE OBSERVER
Is French Pessimism Inevitable? By Anthony Bulger
DIPTYCH ICONS
Le drapeau tricolore/The Stars and Stripes. By Clément Thiery
ENTREPRENEURS
Ariane & Alix Daguin: Good Taste from Mother to Daughter. By Benoît Georges
HERITAGE
Albert Kahn’s Dream. By Jean-Gabriel Fredet
BEYOND THE SEA
Florence Gould: The Secrets of a Billionaire. By Jérôme Kagan
CULTURE
French Inventions That Changed the World. By Dominique Mataillet
ALBERTINE DIARIES
Museums, a Sounding Board for Major Contemporary Issues. By Annabelle Ténèze
BON APPÉTIT
François Perret: A Road Trip through American Desserts. By Clément Thiery
Recipe: Fennel Salad
FRENCH AMERICA
Marie Antoinette Overlook, Pennsylvania. By Anthony Lacoudre
PORTFOLIO
A Is for Art… and André Saraiva. By Clément Thiery
ICONIC
The Beret. By Guénola Pellen
BOOK REVIEW
Estelle-Sarah Bulle: Guadeloupe in Four Voices. By Sophie Joubert
THE WORDSMITH
Balderdash, Twaddle, and Other Macronisms. By Dominique Mataillet
UNKNOWN FRANCE
The French Revolution Comes to Life in the Alps. By Gabriel Bertrand
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