Should Notre Dame be rebuilt to reflect secularism?
The flames that consumed the spire of Notre Dame and burned the 856-year-old church to its foundations could have been doused by the tears of the faithful. If France heeds calls to rebuild the...
View ArticleWhat did Emmanuel Macron offer the yellow vest protesters?
After yellow vest protests raged in the streets of Paris for 23 consecutive weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron has responded with a package of tax cuts and decentralizing political reforms. Macron...
View ArticleThe Acton Institute’s transatlantic website publishes its first article in...
The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Transatlantic website marked a milestone today: It released its first article in French. While the transatlantic website has diligently followed events in...
View ArticleNew French language article: « Bonne nouvelle, même les socialistes aiment le...
The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Transatlantic website has published its second article translated into French: « Bonne nouvelle, même les socialistes aiment le marché libre! » It is a...
View ArticleCollege student sets himself on fire for socialism
On Friday, November 8, a 22-year-old French college student set himself on fire outside the government agency that administers university housing and living allowances. The reason? The government had...
View ArticleThe Acton Institute encourages 275 million people to embrace liberty
From the Enlightenment to the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida, the power of French ideas has radically altered the rest of the world. The Acton Institute has engaged France’s long history...
View ArticleJoe Biden’s $15 minimum wage hike: when bad ideas cross the Atlantic
Joe Biden’s choices to serve in his potential Cabinet show the deep and unmistakable influence of labor unions. So does his promise to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, a pivotal part of organized...
View ArticleGodard Is Dead. Is Cinema?
Jean-Luc Godard died on September 13, 2022, and the news in the world of cinema and culture was received as confirmation that cinema itself was dead. Godard had a remarkable influence on cinema in the...
View ArticleThe Constitution of the Fifth Republic at 65
Nearly 20 people were killed in Paris during and immediately following the Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January 2015. Then, in November of that same year, terrorists killed...
View ArticleThe Little Corporal Gets a Little Film
Among all art forms, the movies have the greatest propensity to glorify violence, brutality, and savagery of all sorts. Because the medium is inherently kinetic, cinema captures the thrill, terror, and...
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