NR Daily: The Francification of America: The American Le Pen and the French-style Realignment

Editor's Note: In a series of columns, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, a Paris-based conservative and Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will write on an alarming trend, which he calls the Francification of America. France and America are countries linked at birth and have always seen in each other funhouse-mirror visions of the other, and they have used the other to try to understand themselves. Writers such as Alexis de Tocqueville in the 19th century and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in the 20th wanted France to be more like America; today, Gobry argues, America is turning into France, and in the wrong ways ...

August 10 2017

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The Francification of America: The American Le Pen and the French-style Realignment Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry Editor's Note: In a series of columns, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, a Paris-based conservative and Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will write on an alarming trend, which he calls the Francification of America. France and America are countries linked at birth and have always seen in each other funhouse-mirror... READ MORE Boots to Suits: Reforming the State Department Jim Hanson, Brad Patty Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has announced an ambitious project to reform the structure of his cabinet agency because, as he put it, it is "not a highly disciplined organization,... Is California Cracking Up? Victor Davis Hanson Corporate profits at California-based transnational corporations such as Apple, Facebook, and Google are hitting record highs. California housing prices from La Jolla to Berkeley along the... ADVERTISEMENT Mueller Is Squeezing Manafort Andrew C. McCarthy The Washington Examiner catches some Trump Twitter intrigue: The president's July 26 tweet grousing that acting FBI director Andrew McCabe should have been fired by Attorney General Jeff... Smartphones Are Destroying My Generation Max Bloom I've picked up a new habit lately — more of a tic, perhaps. If I'm getting lunch or a coffee with a friend, I usually keep my phone in my pocket. My brother is a few years younger than me (18,... The New York Times Botches a Climate-Change Story Julie Kelly If the day ends in a y, the New York Times will run at least one breathless, apocalyptic story about how man-made climate change is destroying the planet and the future of our children. The... No, Conservatives Did Not Fire James Damore from His Google Job Michael Brendan Dougherty When you think about it, it was conservatives' fault that Google engineer James Damore was sacked for contributing to an internal message board Google set up for soliciting ideas and feedback on... ADVERTISEMENT Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy's Three Mafias John Dickie '"Dickie's absorbing history of the Italian mob makes The Godfather look like a fairy tale. . .These 'men of honor' and 'lads with attitude' created their own myths. Until Dickie's revelatory book, most believed them.' - Kirkus starred review LEARN MORE Top Shots Michelangelo's Marble ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.