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  • Sarkozy and his model wife

    France is giddy over its new first couple, who have been likened to the Kennedys, but are they ripe for scandal?
    By Stefan Simons May 28, 2007

  • My sister is having an illicit affair

    I'm sworn to secrecy, but I think maybe I should tell the rest of my family.
    By Cary Tennis May 18, 2007

  • "Hillary equals France"

    I hate to sink the GOP's toy boat, but it was the French who inspired the U.S. Constitution, a document written by geniuses so it could be followed by idiots.
    By Bill Maher May 4, 2007

  • It's Sarkozy time!

    France's answer to Rudy Giuliani is riding tough talk on crime all the way to the presidency.
    By Elisabeth Franck-Dumas April 21, 2007

  • An American novelist scandalizes France

    Writing in French -- quelle horreur -- Jonathan Littell has thrown France into literary uproar over his sprawling novel about a gay Nazi officer.
    By Elisabeth Vincentelli February 27, 2007

  • The modern Muslim

    Controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan explains why Mohammed had progressive views of women, why the Quran is a prescription for peace -- and why he is banned from Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
    By Steve Paulson February 20, 2007

  • "Days of Glory"

    This extraordinary and deeply moving Oscar-nominated movie illuminates a forgotten patch of history.
    By Stephanie Zacharek February 16, 2007

  • I'm a Brazilian girl -- why do I fall for French and Italian guys?

    I'd been hurt before -- but then it happened: An amazing married Italian!
    By Cary Tennis December 21, 2006

  • "Inside the Jihad"

    Terrorist turned spy Omar Nasiri has written the first personal account of life as an al-Qaida operative. An excerpt from his terrifying new book.
    By Omar Nasiri November 20, 2006

  • Hatching a plan

    Anonymous baby hatches save the lives of unwanted infants -- but what about those infants' desperate mothers?
    By Carol Lloyd November 9, 2006

  • Destination: Southwestern France

    Skip Provence and head west to Gascony, where the weight of history is felt at every turn, and the food will blow your mind.
    By Sarah Karnasiewicz July 27, 2006

  • The other Paris

    A year before the riots, this remarkable debut novel about growing up female and poor in Paris' Muslim housing projects was a sensation in France.
    By Marisa Meltzer July 26, 2006

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Italy wins the World Cup as French legend Zidane is sent off. Let's do the same to the penalty-kick shootout. Plus: The Twins' side-arming blogger.
    July 10, 2006

  • Vive la France! But not "la Mademoiselle!"

    French feminists tackle the distinction between "Madame" and "Mademoiselle."
    By Rebecca Traister April 24, 2006

  • The rake of Rouen

    A new biography depicts Madame Bovary's creator as a sexual adventurer who spent his life at war with his bourgeois self.
    By Stephen Amidon April 15, 2006

  • Paris is burning

    The French protests involve more than just job security for young workers. They're a battle for the soul of the European Union.
    By Mary Papenfuss April 7, 2006

  • For some reason I feel I must move to France

    I'm a restless person and now I feel the curious tug of a foreign land.
    By Cary Tennis March 30, 2006

  • Europe's cartoon jihad

    Explosive caricatures of Mohammed saw little fallout in Scandinavia, but will they unleash a new wave of riots in France's restive Muslim enclaves?
    By Kim Rahir February 3, 2006

  • America's unlikely defender

    French provocateur Bernard-Henri Levy denounces anti-Americanism and defends the idealism of the neocons.
    By Oliver Broudy January 23, 2006

  • The Parisian provocateur

    Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy fueled the riots by insulting France's impoverished youth. Is he also their best hope for change?
    By Ullrich Fichtner November 15, 2005

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Lance Armstrong: Cheater or victim of a smear campaign, he's emblematic of the new, ambiguous sporting universe, where we can never be sure about our heroes.
    August 25, 2005

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    London KO's Paris for Olympics! Stunning fourth-round upset sends 2012 Games Thames-side. Dejected Parisians hint at retirement.
    July 6, 2005

  • Anti-Semitic -- or anti-Sharon?

    When Western leaders met in Berlin this week to confront an ugly upsurge in European anti-Semitism, they pointed fingers not just at neo-Nazis and militant Muslims -- but also at the European left.
    By Alix Christie April 30, 2004

  • The A-word

    Is everyone who fails to follow Bush guilty of "appeasement"?
    By James Pinkerton March 19, 2004

  • A Spanish inquisition

    Will right-wing radio screamers now call for a boycott of Spanish olives?
    By Robert Scheer March 17, 2004
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