NB : “quinquennat” : French word meaning a 5 years-long mandate. Before this referendum, the French president was elected for a 7 years-long mandate. For many, this was too long. Yes, a quinquennat referendum appears useless to me. It seems useless to have such a referendum on a subject which is interesting for living room Continue reading →

Reflections of a Lutheran priest. They came to take the psychotic, but I am not a psychotic so I said nothing. They came to take the communists, but I am not a communist so I said nothing. They came to take the Jews, but I am not a Jew so I said nothing. They came Continue reading →

No, this is not about Rohmer’s last movie. But (again) of a comment on international affairs. Pakistan turns military and India more and more hindouist. We are so far away from Gandhi’s dream of one country where Muslims and Hindus lived together. “Eye for eye will make the world blind” (Mohandas Gandhi). The British have Continue reading →