Two worthwhile pieces on the French elections, now just a week away;
The Economist says Sarkozy is the best hope for France.
And Nidra Poller at PJM says the killing of a cop at an amusement park is being soft-pedaled by the media, because the greater the incident's notoriety, the more the Sarkozy campaign benefits.
UPDATE 4/17: Christopher Hitchens
Posted by dan at April 14, 2007 11:18 PM