Among all the forms of lying that populate our daily lives - lies of omission, pious lies, self-interested lies, pathological lies - one singular category seems to hold the rope in these turbulent times: the shameless lie.
In this post, Swiss writer André Durussel delves into Péguy's writings, which are furiously reminiscent of the present. This reading also leads him to other thoughts.
For almost a year now, Russian soldiers have been fighting in Ukraine in a war whose rationality escapes most of the world. On the Ukrainian side, the reasons for fighting are almost self-evident, a question of survival. In the Russian ranks, the question arises.
In June, Macron called for Russia not to be «humiliated», a phrase understood as a call not to humiliate Putin. A flurry of offended and sarcastic reactions flooded the web at the time. The roots of such vindictiveness lie in the concept of humiliation.
Russian-Ukrainian, former USSR diplomat under Brezhnev and Gorbachev, and author of an impressive literary work, Vladimir Fedorovsky gives Le Regard Libre his views on the conflict in Ukraine and its political and geopolitical consequences.
Every month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who take turns writing for Le Regard Libre. Freelance journalist Sophie Woeldgen shares her views as a reporter in the Middle East on an itchy subject.
Several missiles crash almost daily into specific targets in the port city. Precision shots made possible by informers. While the authorities encourage denunciation, the inhabitants survive, cut off from everything.
Alexandre del Valle, whose analyses often stand in stark contrast to the traditional media narrative, has agreed to take stock of the European geopolitical situation, in eight points.
Si la problématique des armes nucléaires n’a jamais vraiment disparu (et pour cause, leur simple existence est en soi une...