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Friday 30 March 2012

Garbagescapes, Lyon 2012


As the great Lyon garbage strike of 2012 reaches its endgame, I thought this would be a nice time for a photographic review of the neighborhood during the past few weeks.

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Sunday 21 November 2010

Freedom of the Press

RSF_CAMPAGNE SARKO_210X297_FRIn the 2010 edition of the Press Freedom Index, the international free press watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranked France number 44 in the world. What in the name of Voltaire is happening in this country, the birthplace of the modern secular republic? Now that I think about it, there have been some pretty alarming developments since I first came to La République a number of years ago that might or might not be getting ink outside of The Hexagon: here are a few.

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Saturday 2 October 2010

Leonard Cohen Road Trip, Part II

Leonard.jpg If you want to know how we got here, read this.

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Saturday 25 September 2010

Leonard Cohen Road Trip, Part I

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Although the gravel-voiced singer/songwriter has little do do with the road trip in question, I've got to give credit where credit is due: it never would've happened without L. Cohen and the undisclosed "sports injury" he suffered last spring. Read on for details.

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