This is a little reminder about how French policemen like to use their great weapon, the proverbial flash-ball (from Verney-Carron), in order to to fight chaos and defend order: pointing straight tow… more →
Test Societytypewritten wrote 3 months ago: This is a little reminder about how French policemen like to use their great weapon, the proverbial … more →
typewritten wrote 1 year ago: Readers interested in the fate of quantified performance can have a look here at the performance tar … more →
typewritten wrote 1 year ago: The amount of evidence in favor of the extreme but plausible hypothesis according to which Nicolas S … more →
typewritten wrote 1 year ago: The French newspaper Libération makes today available here a facsimile of a very instructive French … more →
typewritten wrote 1 year ago: For the record: another person died last week out of Sarkozy’s statistical terror. On Friday A … more →
typewritten wrote 1 year ago: Warning: when you take a flight from Paris to Casablanca, you may have the chance to sample some exq … more →
typewritten wrote 1 year ago: Again, a classic in Sarkozy’s France (see also a bit of this in Doing Figures): “Struggl … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: French police is building a network of undercover sneaks among civil servants working for other gove … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: Maître Eolas (already presented in One Darkest Page) makes here a couple of relevant clarifications … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: A follow-up on Them or Us: the text of the law on immigration control, integration and asylum (the o … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: Today, the French Parliament voted a new law on immigration control, integration and asylum. This is … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: Readers interested in improving their publicly spoken French can listen to the interview of Jean-Pie … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: A follow-up on Doing Figures and One Darkest Page: this past Thursday another person jumped out of t … more →
typewritten wrote 2 years ago: France now has a Ministry of Immigration and National Identity. It is in part committed to the task … more →