Scott's Shot

What follows is another account of naiveté and betrayal. These make an old, old tale so I’ll try to be quick in telling it. Many Americans of my generation already know it well in one form or another.
Born in the thirties, before WWII, when there was no such thing as Israel, I was a little WASP baby in New York. Followed a childhood passed on army bases and among cousins in the South. After the war, came later school years in a ‘restricted&rsquo...

The following short article was written at the request of Attac's "Zindiens" for their November monthly bulletin. It was signed Big Griff and translated into French by "J.Nessoa".
OBAMANIA
The recent US presidential election has already occupied so much space in the French media that this American writer, (and it is a great relief, once again, to be able to confess to that nationality without guilt)feels a need to excuse himself for inflicting...

MLK Day
Would have entirely forgotten about Martin Luther King Day – and how very fine it is that this day is declared an official occasion! – had it not been for assorted on-line tributes that kept popping up this past week. Back when I left the...