The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola about the Paris food market is crammed full of enough tasty detail to make your mouth water. It was Antony Bourdain’s favorite novel and Zola’s favorite of his own. Let’s eat.
Linky Friday, Ordinary Times’ long-running tradition of bringing you links to stories from around the interwebs to discuss, is back
Your Ordinary World for 3 Dec 2019 with links to stories about Brexit, China, India, Pakistan, France, Russia, Japan, Canada, and Nigeria where the president has announced that he is not, in fact, a clone.
Music and music videos. One in French, a couple with French lyrics, and a couple good for rainy days.
Feel free to treat this post as a statement of solidarity, a vigil, or whatever else you feel you need right now.
The New York Times ran a story that took Burt Likko’s breath away in outrage when he read it last night. But apparently, he’s pretty much the only one.
Félicitations, nos amis. C’est la triomphe de la liberté, égalité, et l’amour. Célébrer et soyez joyeux!
In my perfect world, I’d have Michel Foucault’s old job: Professor of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. Here’s a bit of what I might want to teach.
can be found here. Comments welcome, particularly from others who have been following the story in the francophone press.
I fall squarely in the “nay” camp, but here’s a nice summary of the debate over burqas in France from The Economist.
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Here is the Treasury Secretary freaking out: https://bsky.app/profile/fffanatic06.bsky.social/post/3…
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25On this 'liberation day' I'm reminded of Norm's clip about going to war ... with the… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Well here comes the big f- you to working families everywhere. I predict hard lessons are about to b…
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