As we finish commemorating Europe’s first suicide attempt during the modern era (there were others before, from the Hundred Years War to the Napoleonic wars, to the Thirty Years War), it is time to remember that this first World War…
In France, there has not been a quinquennium that has not been poisoned by the question of fuel prices. The reason for this is clear, it is because we have pursued two contradictory objectives, albeit both are legitimate in their…
When the Italian government claims the right to decide its policy without obeying the bureaucrats from Brussels, it is applauded by all. However, it is not so simple: when someone is in debt, the power remains largely in his creditors’…
Today, violence is everywhere. It can be found in all dimensions of society, and not only in France. Violence against homosexuals, journalists, teachers, politicians, and anyone who can make a little difference, or have a little bit of influence or…
A President leaves a mark by the course of action that he takes, and/or by the way he handles the historical problems in which he is entangled by happenstance. In both cases, it is by constantly thinking about his legacy…
There is a study about the year 2013 that was published very recently in the journal Sociologie. It can be found here: [https://la-sphinx.fr/les-concours-ne-s-not-neutres/]. This study shows, in an emblematic case study, how much inequalities in France are reproduced from generation…
While countless crises are lurking around the corner—and can be extremely catastrophic on the financial, economic, social, ecological fronts—meanwhile in China, Russia, Turkey and India, undemocratic powers are implementing reforms to face these crises, but also rejecting human rights. And…
We talk a lot about jobs that are threatened because of advances in technology that will lead to automation, or related needs that will disappear. As such, it is likely that tasks that are now performed by executive assistants or…
”Believing that only the planets whose existence is known to us today exist is no more reasonable than imagining that the sky is populated by no other birds than those who pass our window.” The great Christian philosopher Giordano Bruno…
