Substacks recommended by John B Howard | Seeking Tranquillity in France

Recommended by John B Howard

I am a retired teacher and dual citizen who is living abroad in Germany, and am writing about my personal and political understandings about the world based on these experiences.

Living Elsewhere

By Gregory Garretson

Outside perspectives on the world, with all its craziness and beauty.

Becoming French

By Phineas Rueckert

Citizenship and belonging amidst the rise of the far-right

American Inequality

By Jeremy Ney

Data on U.S. inequality and regional divides. Covering all things housing, healthcare, poverty, education, tech, and more.

HEALTH CARE un-covered

By Wendell Potter

Pulling back the curtains on how Big Health is hurting Americans and how we got to this point.

An important and reliable resource for monitoring issues relating to accessibility, affordability and quality of healthcare in the United States

- John B Howard

The Conscientious Emigrant by Conscientious Emigration™

By Elizabeth Silleck La Rue

Emigrating from the US with and intentional approach to environmental, economic, and social impacts abroad.

A consistent source of thoughtful, reliable and legally grounded information and advice useful to U.S. citizens contemplating life in a new country.

- John B Howard

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

By Joyce Vance

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

Paul Krugman

Notes on economics and more

MyFrenchLife™ – MaVieFrançaise®

By Judy MacMahon

MyFrenchLife™ – MaVieFrançaise®: Gain a deeper understanding of France beyond the cliché.

A must-subscribe resource for those interested in French life in all its dimensions

- John B Howard

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Notes from Exile

By Laura Skov

Life as an ex American. Always watching.

Love to Lingo

By Christina

Happy Language Learning 🤍

A great resource for language learners seeking motivation and new techniques that reinforce their learning

- John B Howard

France in Between

By Betty Carlson

A personal yet informative take on France's small to middling towns -- the scenic, the offbeat, and the nitty-gritty.

Card Catalog

By Hana Lee Goldin

Teaching you how to think like a librarian in the age of AI.

The French Dispatch

By Julien Hoez

Fact-based reporting and analysis of French, European, and wider global politics led by political expert Julien Hoez.

Elizabeth.Ink

Beyond the postcard: The truth about living abroad.

La Matinale Européenne

By David Carretta

Tout savoir sur la bulle européenne

If you rely exclusively on US sources for news and commentary, you will benefit greatly from the European perspective and thorough analyses of political news and events in Europe offered by La Matinale Européene.

- John B Howard

Past and Present

By Gerard DeGroot

Riffing on the lessons we might learn from history, but probably won't.

Gloria’s Substack

By Gloria J. Maloney

My personal Substack