A Clinton Puma in Obamaland

Michelle Obama does not like meeting the other first ladies. First, when Obama went to Europe, a few weeks ago, she unexpectedly left earlier than him and took a plane back to Washington while her husband was going to Turkey. So she avoided meeting the...

Depuis quelques jours, j'observe avec attention la réaction des médias français face aux revirements politiques récents de Barack Obama. Rappelons qu'il est revenu sur sa promesse de publier les photos de tortures, et surtout sur celle de mettre fin aux...

For a few days, I have been watching carefully the reaction of the French media to Barack Obama's recent flip-flops on a certain number of issues. The main one is of course his decision to continue to try Guantánamo detainees under the widely discredited...

French article ; English version below Cela s'appelle la méthode Sarkozy. Cela consiste à éliminer peu à peu toute forme d'opposition politique et à neutraliser vos rivaux potentiels. La méthode est ingénieuse : vous repérez vos adversaires politiques...

This is called the Sarkozy method. It consists in gradually eliminating all kind of political opposition and neutralizing your potential rivals. The method is ingenious : you spot your most dangerous political adversaries, and you try to rally them to...

French article ; English version below Réformer la santé et l'assurance maladie est devenu l'une des priorités de la présidence Obama. Monsieur Obama prétend vouloir faire adopter une réforme de la santé d'ici Noël. Mais cela paraît totalement irréaliste,...

Fixing health care has become a consuming priority of the Obama presidency. Mr. Obama says he wants to sign a health-care reform act by Christmas. But this appears to be totally unrealistic, for the obstacles to his plan are numerous, and so are his own...

French article ; English version below Le 8 Mai 1945, le président américain Harry Truman, annonça, dans une allocution radiophonique, que les forces allemandes avaient capitulé dans la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, et que "les drapeaux de la liberté flottaient...

On May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced in a radio address that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II, and that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe." Germany capitulated ! As we are celebrating this historical event today,...

Obama est un ingrat... Les journaux américains sont en grande difficulté. Et pourtant, la Maison Blanche a exprimé lundi sa "préoccupation et sa tristesse" face aux difficultés auxquelles la presse américaine est confrontée, mais a clairement indiqué...