A few years ago, the French Chamber of Deputies was debating a bill to prohibit the wearing of “ostentatious” religious…
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The F24 Interview
Renée;e Kaplan welcomes Charles Glass, a journalist who has served as correspondent in the Middle East for Newsweek magazine and…
Continue reading →Farewell, my father: the sun sets on my horizon
Charles Glass pays tribute to the man who was his measure in all things, and whom he thought, like all…
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I just took the Métro up to the 17th arrondissement for a party to welcome the new editor of the…
Continue reading →Free speech is for everyone – even David Irving
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and…
Continue reading →Born in the USA
The Homeland Security officer at Houston airport asked what we were going to do in the United States. I wanted…
Continue reading →They stood me up
For the sixth time in as many months, a woman has cancelled our dinner. In and of itself, a cancelled…
Continue reading →The new piracy
On the morning of 17 April 1998, the Singapore merchant ship Petro Ranger set sail carrying 9600 tonnes of diesel…
Continue reading →Terror on the High Seas?
In the first half of this year, pirates attacked 234 ships, an increase of almost 40 percent over seaborne assaults…
Continue reading →Diary – celebrating a fiftieth birthday
The best thing about turning 50 is that you’ve had time to develop a healthy narcissism. While I tap out…
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