FROM REVOLUTON TO ROT
The U.S. is sending all kinds of signals it supports Ukraine against Russia, but the regime’s corruption is almost as big a threat at Putin’s proxies.
The Extremes
An inane essay by a radical left-wing French writer claims supporters of Charlie Hebdo are essentially Islamophobic fascists.
THROW THE RASCAL OUT
After months of wrangling, Jean-Marie Le Pen has been ousted from the party he founded. His appeal in his heyday was a little like Trump’s.
Eastern Influence
The party led by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is moving into Moscow's orbit. And it has everything to do with domestic politics.
Patricide Politics
Marine Le Pen may have forced her father out of the party he founded after his latest outrages, but that will just make her own pursuit of the French presidency easier.