interview
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Gregorian chant is intended for the liturgy
Excerpt from "The Holy Mass, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," quote from Mr. Dominique Ponnau, Director of the École du Louvre, lecture given in Le Mans, September 19, 1998. "I remember. This memory is for me an almost daily cultural and human reference point. It was in June 1985, in Pont-à-Mousson, at the end of the colloquium..." Continue reading
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Emmanuel Todd or intellectual vulgarity
Emmanuel Todd was on France Culture the other morning to deliver his gospel. Emmanuel Todd is a prophet. He has the eloquence. He has the pretension, above all. He lacks the honesty. Indeed, one cannot be both a prophet and an ideologue. Continue reading
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The columnist's hatred
I've titled this article "The Hatred of the Columnist." The French columnist—because it truly is a French affliction—is such that he invents himself as master of time, of the world, and above all, of how it's doing. It's unbearable. Purge the columnists and pluck out the buds! All these columnists gathered together are nothing more than a bunch of idle chatter. Continue reading