In recent weeks, Judge Paul Rouleau presided over the hearings of the Commission on the State of Emergency. Unsurprisingly, there are no scandals or startling revelations. The Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergency Measures Act in connection with the blockade of downtown Ottawa and key locations on our borders is still marked, despite the … Read more
At the origins of populism: History of Boulangism (1886-1891) by Bertrand Joly, CNRS editions, 2022, 610 p. The Third Republic was born from the instantaneous collapse of the Second Empire following the bitter debacle of Napoleon III before the Prussians at Sedan (September 1870). Humiliated by the amputation of Alsace-Lorraine and belittled before a unified … Read more
The trio Jossi Wieler, Anna Viebrock and Sergio Morabito seize the Mastersingers by Richard Wagner and transposes the action into a music conservatory, a high-level academy that promotes hierarchical relationships, unleashes aesthetic quarrels between “old” and “modern”, exacerbates rivalries, fuels a toxic, stressful climate linked to competition and performance requirements. This new creation is a … Read more