Minister of Culture and child tourism aficionado Frederic Mitterrand is happy to see the world’s most draconian Internet law come into effect in France. Mitterrand, son of the late x-president of France was appointed by his crony, Nicolas Sarkozy, to minister of culture after showing his love of young child tourism to Thailand in a recent memoirs. read more

... Minister Roselyne Bachelot on the taxation of sports clubs, she crossed the yellow line. But after the controversy Clearstream, Frederic Mitterrand majority. Last week, she was able to count on the support of Xavier Bertrand, also unfavorable to challenging tax benefits for sports clubs. The UMP secretary general provides counseling ...

Photo:  Julien M. Hekimian/Getty Images French Minister for Culture Frederic Mitterrand attends the opening night of the 'Paris Photo' exhibition at Le Carrousel du Louvre on November 18, 2009 in Paris, France. The 13th annual 'Paris Photo' exhibition features publishers from 23 countries and runs from 19th to 22nd November.

... from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington. Philip D. Zelikow, "The Suicide of the East," Foreign Policy, November/December, reviews Frederic Bozo's Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification, Archie Brown's The Rise and Fall of Communism, Jeffrey A. Engel, ed., The Fall of ...