A tactical alliance between conservatives and unorthodox figures of the left makes sense.

A major dilemma in Europe has become more acute with the substantial increase of Muslim asylum seekers from impoverished or devastated countries.

The Western artistic tradition is exhausted, modernism being both a symptom and a cause of that exhaustion.

Mayor Anne Hidalgois currently engaged on a campaign to save the planet by making the streets of Paris hideous and increasingly unbearable.

Emotional decisions are rarely prudent. A statesman who allows himself to be swayed by momentary feelings, risks forgetting the interests of the country he represents.