The Caliphate Returns Superbe analyse, comme toujours, de Gwynne Dyer. C’est limpide, bref, et il n’y a pas un seul mot de trop. (…) So much for the fantasy. What’s the reality? A group of jihadis have seized a big chunk of eastern Syria and western Iraq, erased the border between them, and declared an Islamic State. As…
The Local A majority of Danes think it should be harder to come to Denmark under family reunification rules, according to a new Epinion poll for Danmarks Radio. Fifty-four percent of poll respondents were in favour of tighter family reunification requirements, while only 25 percent were against making the rules harder.
Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books Five years have passed since the onset of what is sometimes called the Great Recession. While the economy has slowly improved, there are still millions of Americans leading lives of quiet desperation: without jobs, without resources, without hope. Who was to blame? Was it simply a…
Pendant 9 mois, Benjamin Carle a décidé de vivre en made in France. Il résulte de cette expérience un documentaire . Benjamin Carle. – A 26 ans, j’appartiens à une génération qui n’a connu que la mondialisation. Récemment, le Made in France est devenu un élément du langage politique et médiatique récurrent. Pourtant, personne ne…
The Atlantic CSI and Law & Order would have you believe that a crime scene empties out after the glitzy detectives are done with it. In reality, somebody else has to come in and clean it all up. There is blood all over the room. It’s on the walls and it has seeped into the cracks in the…
Jeffrey Simpson The Globe and Mail 24 Seven is a weekly production available on the Prime Minister of Canada’s website. The show is easy to access, although only a small number of Canadians seem interested, judging by how little chatter it generates.
Par Vincent Coquaz , Arrêt sur image “Nouveau : des restaurants poursuivent leurs clients qui osent les critiquer. Il faut dire qu’ils trouvent des juges pour leur donner raison.” L’avocat-blogueur Maître Eolas s’étonnait hier soir de la décision du Tribunal de Grande Instance de Bordeaux le 30 juin dernier, qui a condamné en référé la blogueuse “L’Irrégulière” à 1500 €…
From James Bond to Jason Bourne, the fictional world of spying is a world of danger and deception, glamour and lies. As the world prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise, The Passionate Eye presents a 2 part series of revealing documentaries investigating the 21st century world of espionage. It features rare…
By Annie Lowrey, The New York Times WASHINGTON — A street prostitute in Dallas may make as little as $5 per sex act. But pimps can take in $33,000 a week in Atlanta, where the sex business brings in an estimated $290 million per year. It is not nearly as lucrative in Denver, where prostitution and…
Urban Institute The underground commercial sex economy (UCSE) generates millions of dollars annually, yet investigation and data collection remain under resourced. Our study aimed to unveil the scale of the UCSE in eight major US cities—Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington, DC. Across cities, the UCSE’s worth was estimated between…