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All candidates claim to represent change—some by talking a good line, others by waving their résumés. But only one candidate, Mass. Gov. W. Mitt Romney, can deliver. With experience to prepare him and vision to guide him, Romney will be the president who...
“I do think that he and Obama do represent this new sentiment for change,” he said. “They are the two youngest and the two most likable candidates.”
It is true that, over the past few years, for those who do not speak our language, it has been the silent artists of French culture who have hit the headlines: the mime artist Marcel Marceau, Jacques Cousteau, our choreographers, our circus acts. They represent our quiet resistance to the...
-- France, and Europe in general, represent an extraordinary breeding ground for culture and probably contain the greatest density of creators and thinkers in the world. Michel Serres, René Girard, Julia Kristeva and others are accepted as authorities in many American universities.
-- The U.S., despite appearances, is not the only country with influence in the cultural field. The case of French architecture is an obvious example. When Paul Andreu builds the National Grand Theater in Beijing, when Jean Nouvel has projects in Brazil or Jean-Michel Wilmotte in the gulf states, when...