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CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY
Judeo-Christian Tradition vs. Totalitarian Utopias
In the early 1950s, the European Union as we know it did not exist, but a process of economic and political cooperation involving most Western European countries was already underway. And those countries came close to choosing a flag that featured the cross to represent their union.
FEARING GOD
The unability to fear – a major impairment.
As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies and gets global, we learn more about human psychology : how easily facts are denied, how difficult it is to anticipate, how often leaders fail to lead once the administrative routine breaks down, how much indiscipline there is among large sectors of the populace (of any populace). Man’sfolly and mediocrity.
Notre Dame in Flames
One doesn’t have to be Catholic, or Christian, or even religious to be devastated by the destruction of the Paris cathedral.
Winner in Israel : The New Voting Law
It is turning proportional representation into something closer to a bipartisan system. Quite an achievement.
Macron's France, Chronicle of a political disaster long foretold
Culture precedes politics, fantasies transcend interests.
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Macron Gains As Yellow Vests Turn More Extreme
The French conservatives may have reservations about the President. But they see him as « one of them ».
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The political map drawnn by the French still haunts Syria
Except for Western Syria, the country is still largely beyond the control of the Assad regime.
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Is Facebook Turning Orwellian ?
Facebook’s strange exercise in censorship – as I experienced it.