Tag: France

MAP: Islam in Europe

The Editors - November 16, 2015

Originally posted January 16, 2015. Take a look at this map of Islam in Europe from The Economist.

Islam, Europe’s Most Significant Chronic Problem

Richard C. Young - November 11, 2015

Originally posted October 1, 2014. Christopher Caldwell outlines the problem of radical Islam in Europe here. In two separate incidents in March, Mohammed Merah, a French-born...

Your Burgundy Wine Tour

Dick and Debbie Young - October 6, 2015

Burgundy or Bordeaux? When The Wine Questionnaire asked the “B or B” question of Daniel Johnnes, wine director for Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group, Daniel...

Stop Immigration, Legal and Illegal

Richard C. Young - September 22, 2015

France’s FN party leader Marine Le Pen has an explicit goal: “My aim is clear: to stop immigration both legal and illegal.” Le Pen continues,...

French Oppose Taking Migrants

Richard C. Young - September 11, 2015

Breitbart London reports that “Around 55 per cent of the French people oppose taking any new migrants, however, and dozens of mayors throughout France...

Unsurpassed Elegance

Debbie Young - August 28, 2015

As is commonly known, all wines are enhanced by good stemware. If you are looking for a gift for a wine lover in your...

The Ruination of the French Riviera

Richard C. Young - July 17, 2015

Taki Theodoracopulos, writing in the American Conservative, tells readers, “The ruination of the French Riviera by greedy developers and vulgar nouveaux riches is a...

UNESCO Grants World Heritage Status to Champagne and Burgundy

Richard C. Young - July 14, 2015

Debbie and I are in France once or twice each year and often take the high-speed (TGV) train to Burgundy. There is every good...

Napoleon’s “Incomprehensible Day”

Debbie Young - June 19, 2015

On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Andrew Roberts in Smithsonian magazine writes on why Napoleon deserved to lose. But the benefits...