France

Politics

Patrick McGoohan and The Prisoner in France

How TV's most individualist character made a communitarian country swoon

Emmanuelle Richard | 1.15.2009 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Violating Human Rights to Defend Them

Jacob Sullum | 6.12.2008 1:23 PM

Civil Liberties

What's the Matter With France?

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2008 3:44 PM

Politics

Obsolete Communism

Jesse Walker | 5.5.2008 11:30 AM

Nanny State

Lando Calrissian's Cloud City for Fat People

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2008 3:07 PM

Politics

Wait, I Thought Norman Lear Liked the French!

Matt Welch | 3.21.2008 3:50 PM

Economics

Market Fears, Loathing in Europe

Radley Balko | 2.13.2008 10:02 AM

Economics

Dubai Weirdness Watch

Jesse Walker | 1.16.2008 1:54 PM

World

Pop Goes the President

Nicolas Sarkozy and what American candidates might learn from France's permanent reality show

Michael Young | 1.11.2008 8:56 AM

Culture

France's Clandestine Culture War

Jesse Walker | 11.30.2007 11:33 AM

Policy

French Wine and the Fable of Free-Trade Britain

A new book challenges the economic conventional wisdom and helps explain the rise of big government.

Nick Gillespie | 10.9.2007 1:30 PM

World

Profit or Principle?

The West is back to engaging lucrative dictators

Michael Young | 8.16.2007 3:15 PM

Nanny State

A Glass By Any Other Name…

Juliet Samuel | 8.13.2007 4:34 PM

Nanny State

New Markets in Speed

Juliet Samuel | 7.13.2007 12:39 PM

World

Sarkozy the Gaul

Jesse Walker | 7.11.2007 11:51 AM

World

Why Chirac Sucked

Nick Gillespie | 5.9.2007 1:49 PM

World

French Mull On-the-Job Napping

Nick Gillespie | 2.1.2007 10:16 AM

World

America's Oldest Enemy Now Bestest Friend!

Nick Gillespie | 1.30.2007 12:06 PM

Culture

Japanese Invasion of France Repelled…

Brian Doherty | 12.21.2006 2:02 PM

Culture

French vs. American Culture

Brian Doherty | 11.22.2006 7:33 PM

World

Au Revoir, Frenchies!

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2006 7:23 AM

World

Frogs in a Pot

Temperature rises as French government ignites

Michael Young | 5.25.2006 2:18 PM

Politics

Orange Méchanique

What twentieth-century novel was the leading indicator of the French riots?

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.14.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

Reason Express

Vol. 8 No. 44

Jeff Taylor | 11.8.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Root of the Problem

The what's missing in the debate over U.S. vs. U.N. control of the Net

Julian Sanchez | 10.24.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Reason Express

Vol. 8 No. 39

Jeff Taylor | 10.4.2005 12:00 AM

Economics

Critique of Pure Riesling

Wine snobbery in an age of globalization.

Kerry Howley | 7.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Admiral Nelson and the Non

Is Europe over its suffocating righteousness?

Michael Young | 6.30.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Liberal Menace or Menace to Liberalism?

The perplexing debate over Europe's constitution

John Vaught LaBeaume | 5.29.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Critique of Pure Riesling

Wine snobbery in an age of globalization

Kerry Howley | 3.30.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Hope for Karen Hughes

Cheer up Karen; your job's not quite impossible

Jonathan Rauch | 3.28.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Up By Law

France's misguided effort to legislate values

Michael Young | 1.27.2005 12:00 AM

World

C'est Rien

The great transatlantic rift may end with a shrug, not a bang

Matt Welch | 1.25.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Look Back in Failure

Colin Powell, we knew ye too well

Brian Doherty | 1.19.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

The Big O

Erotica in the canon

Charles Paul Freund | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Republics of Fearlessness?

On conjugating liberalism in Syria and Lebanon. An interview with journalist and author Samir Kassir

Michael Young | 6.8.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Absurd news bites, served fresh every day.

Jeff Taylor | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

French Kiss-off

Punishing dissent in Snail Country

Michael Young | 12.30.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Bush Is No Cowboy

But if he were, it wouldn't matter

Jonathan Rauch | 11.3.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Liberty Belle

France's new libertarian youth leader

Matt Welch | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Reason Staff | 7.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

The Bright Side of Merde

Hopeful thoughts about France's national strikes

Matt Welch | 6.12.2003 12:00 AM

World

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Like it or not

Jesse Walker | 4.22.2003 12:00 AM

World

Diplomacy Bites

Where's George Herbert Walker Bush when the world needs him?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.13.2003 12:00 AM

World

Rambeau!

Watch out, Eastern Europe, the French are getting supercilious.

Charles Paul Freund | 2.19.2003 12:00 AM

World

The Game Is Over

America Can Beat Iraq. But Can It Vanquish France?

Jonathan Rauch | 2.17.2003 12:00 AM