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Protesters have been setting the city of lights alight for years. They gave me cause to comment on their protests a year ago today in “The Yellow Vests: Paris Is Burning … Again,” December 6, 2018. Indeed, I am only commenting today because I cannot ignore this flaming symmetry: More than half a million demonstrators… Read more.
For years now, protesters have been setting The City of Lights ablaze nearly as often as campers have been setting The Golden State ablaze. Except that the grievances that invariably ignite the former are far more relatable than the carelessness that invariably cause the latter. I first commented on those grievances in “World Beware: French… Read more.
Iran, Russia and European leaders roundly condemned President Trump’s decision on Friday to disavow the Iran nuclear deal, saying that it reflected the growing isolation of the United States, threatened to destabilize the Middle East and could make it harder to resolve the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. [Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain,… Read more.
