"Call up the editor," Charles de Gaulle instructed an aide, "and suggest that he ought to be very severe in tomorrow's editorial." Was De Gaulle demanding yet another Paris-Presse blast against U.S. foreign policy? Not that day. Having just watched the televised national rugby finals degenerate into a brawl, France's President yearned to convey his outrage to the country. He appealed to L'Équipe, the Paris-based sports dailyand got his editorial.
Mongolian Monitor. L'Équipe (meaning "team") is the world's finest sports newspaper. It devotes almost half its space to athletic events that take place...