Russia Watch: Is Russia Turning Protestant?
The Sofia Globe Written by James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief on July 31, 2013 in Perspectives
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Mobutu, roi du Zaïre
Ce documentaire du cinéaste belge Thierry Michel, qui a collecté presque 1 000 heures d’images pour réaliser cette biographie, dresse un portrait de l’ancien dictateur de l’ex-Zaïre. C’est en 1965 que Mobutu prend le pouvoir par un coup d’Etat dans l’ex-Congo belge. Il n’hésite pas à collaborer avec la CIA pour assassiner son acolyte Patrice Lumumba et…
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Murder by Craigslist
Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic A serial killer finds a newly vulnerable class of victims: white, working-class men.
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“Infiniment désolant”
La réforme et les réformés La blogueuse Sophie Durocher attire notre attention sur « un petit film tourné par des finissants du Cégep André-Laurendeau, intitulé Les Réformés, au sujet de la fameuse réforme. “Un fiasco”, de la “collusion”, lance une intervenante qui souhaiterait une Commission Charbonneau de l’éducation. J’adore particulièrement le passage du film où le…
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Le blogue de Joseph Facal
Respirer par le nez (extraits) Le gouvernement Marois n’a pas encore dévoilé sa Charte des valeurs québécoises. Mais le haut des rideaux est déjà encombré d’âmes indignées et ruisselle de larmes de crocodile. Vous pouvez tenir pour acquis que rien de ce que fera le PQ dans ce domaine ne trouvera grâce aux yeux de…
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Special report: The Nordic countries
Northern lights The Nordic countries are reinventing their model of capitalism, says Adrian Wooldridge The Economist special report sees the Nordic countries as role model and a source of inspiration for politicians and reformers by offering a blue print of “how to reform the public sector, making the state far more efficient and responsive”. The Economist…
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From Chronic Condition: Why Canada’s Health-Care System Needs to Be Dragged into The 21st Century.
Jeffrey Simpson Penguin (BAnQ) Critique de Quil & Quire Simpson’s thoroughly researched book employs a mixture of first-hand reporting (including dispatches from a hospital emergency room), the findings of a variety of international health-care studies, and the author’s decades of experience covering Canadian politics. He persuasively argues that our vaunted health-care system is not only less…
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A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold
By David Kocienniewski, The New-York Times MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a shrewd maneuver by Goldman Sachs and other financial players that ultimately costs consumers…
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Infographie: à 12 kilomètres de la frontière syrienne, le deuxième plus grand camps de réfugiés au monde; 2000 nouveaux arrivants chaque jour.
BBC News The dusty tent city, about 12km (eight miles) from the Syrian border, is the world’s second-largest refugee camp – behind Dadaab in eastern Kenya – and has become the fourth largest city in Jordan. It now welcomes 2,000 new residents each day and is made up of 30,000 shelters and administration buildings.
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Combien vaut une vie?
James Oliphant | National Journal A profile of Ken Feinberg, who has assisted in determining how to dole out funds for the victims of 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Newtown shooting, and the BP oil spill. The story raises larger questions about when we give to victims of tragedies, and when we don’t and why:…