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A Labor Strike in Hollywood? Why Should You Care? May. 31, 2023
Hollywood! Glamour! Riches! Yet, people who make a living writing movies, TV shows and streaming pro... Read More
Political Careers Are Ending in Failure Because of Outdated 'Expert' Theories Sep. 09, 2022
"All political lives, unless they are cut off at midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, beca... Read More
Weak Knees and Atrocity Fatigue: Putin Pins His Hopes on a Wavering West Jun. 07, 2022
As Vladimir Putin's missiles continued to reduce Ukrainian churches, homes and shelters to rubble, a... Read More
The French Center Holds -- In a World Coming Apart Apr. 26, 2022
"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold." So wrote William Butler Yeats in the wake of the Great... Read More
Will France Move Further Toward Authoritarianism This Week? Apr. 21, 2022
Next Sunday, French voters will decide on their next president. While most of the country and the re... Read More
Has the Day of the Nationalists Come? May. 21, 2019
A week from today, Europeans may be able to gauge how high the tide of populism and nationalism has ... Read More
Parties Need to Up Their Game Dec. 14, 2018
Two weeks ago in this column, I asked what is to blame for the weakness of the heads of government h... Read More
Who's to Blame? Weak Leaders, Weak Institutions, Weak Voters? Nov. 30, 2018
In the wake of the off-year elections, conservative analyst Yuval Levin saw no winners. "It is the w... Read More
Nationalism and Patriotism Don't Have to Be Opposites Nov. 14, 2018
On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the... Read More
Macron to Trump: 'You're No Patriot!' Nov. 13, 2018
In a rebuke bordering on national insult Sunday, Emmanuel Macron retorted to Donald Trump's calling ... Read More
California Keeps the Faith on Climate, Replacing Washington May. 15, 2018
Many on the right insist that California's tough environmental rules are strangling its businesses. ... Read More
I'm a Protected Species Apr. 30, 2018
I'm 60. I'll be 61 next month. If life is a 9-5 shift at work, I've just returned from my 3 p.m. cof... Read More
Macron: The Last Multilateralist Apr. 27, 2018
"Together," President Macron instructed President Trump, "we can resist the rise of aggressive natio... Read More
Finally, We Can Let Melania Be Melania Apr. 27, 2018
This has been the fortnight of the first ladies. Last week, the focus was on two former first ladies... Read More
Trump's 'Abysmal' Poll Numbers? What About Those of Merkel, Macron, May and Trudeau? Dec. 14, 2017
About a year into President Donald Trump's first term, the jury for much of the country and for most... Read More
Trump Could Confuse Our Way Back Into Climate Deal Sep. 21, 2017
Will President Trump bring the country back into the Paris climate agreement? The bets are on, and t... Read More
France Leads the Anti-Trump 'Resistance' Jun. 15, 2017
When historians recount the downward spiral of Trumpian populism, they may very well start in France... Read More
The Next President Apr. 26, 2017
Will Donald Trump be re-elected in 2020? Probably not, say people who bet. They give Trump only a 23... Read More
Is Macron the EU's Last Best Hope? Apr. 25, 2017
For the French establishment, Sunday's presidential election came close to a near-death experience. ... Read More
