A very interesting experiment conducted by the University of Amman in Jordan speaks volumes about the acceptable, fair and effective conditions for achieving social policy: it shows that greater knowledge by the taxpayers of the impact of the redistribution of their tax dollars encourages them to be much more altruistic….
The horrible crime (a young girl tortured, raped, murdered) tried just now by the juvenile assize court of Haute Loire does not call for any compassion for the perpetrator. And the verdict, which sentenced him to life in prison, with virtually no possibility of release, is understandable…
The tragic fight that led to the death of a young antifascist activist, who was involved in a fight with skinheads from a far-right groupuscule, is in itself just an isolated incident. And, like all weak signals, they are very difficult to interpret. We can see there, depending on how you look at it, the footprints of the violence initiated by extremists grafted onto protests against the marriage for all…
Today, If there are countries put forward as a model, for different reasons, it is indeed countries like Sweden and Turkey. Sweden for having the best social model in the world, for over half a century and for having reformed remarkably its public administration in 1993.
One of the most often repeated ideas, generally without understanding what is at stake, is to advocate the need to take account of the interest of future generations. But in fact, this is not how we behave: we live in the moment, unconcerned about leaving to future generations colossal debts and a rotten environment. …
A sentenced person holds on to any hope of reduction of their sentence. A jilted lover watches for the slightest sign of hope that could mean the return of his beloved. A patient clings to the slightest sign of remission…
Since the terrible accident of 11 March 2011 (an earthquake of magnitude 9 and a 15 m-high tsunami), the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant has not seemed to pose any health concerns outside Japan. And even in Japan, no radiation levels above the dose limit were found in the shops or in the food…
On the same week, the Church gave itself a pope. A president was elected in China. Pope Francois. President Xi Jining. Both using very similar organisational and selection methods: a pyramidal structure, where top level appointments are based on merit, to the top…
Everything shows that we are moving towards a paroxysm of imbalances, and no retraction force seems to be taking shape to bring us back towards equilibrium…
