Cross Connections

I hate missiles. They are inhuman. But, of course, you might say, that is the idea. I hate missiles because I like a fair fight, if at all....

Forget it. France has banned the use of these two words because they amount to “clandestine advertising”. If you say you are a “tweeter”, th...

The French head of state may not have had the streets washed and buildings painted in his honour, but he and his wife might just get an Indi...

Talk of getting a make-over. The French are known for their personal vanity, and I mean that in a nice sense, but President Nicolas Sarkozy...

Cigarettes, or cigars, have often been seen as phallic symbols. A French anti-smoking ad uses the innuendo of oral sex to warn young people ...

Culinary Communalism The Halal Question by Farzana Versey Counterpunch, February 19, 2010 Let us not confuse matters. France’s problem with ...

You wouldn’t know Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio even if a whole bottle of Eau de whatever was emptied in your nose and glasses of Chardonnay...