Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Opinion

  • Free condoms in France, Should our government do the same?

    Free condoms in France, Should our government do the same?

    This is huge news: Young people in France will have access to FREE condoms starting January 1st, 2023. The idea is to minimize the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but there are so many additional benefits. For starters free condoms will reduce unwanted pregnancies. People who are not ready to have children or who…

  • Save money and save the environment, Dump your car

    Save money and save the environment, Dump your car

    I used to be a car owner. Since I was a little kid, I always saw car ownership as a symbol of independence, autonomy, and as a status symbol. Now, whenever I see people driving big SUVs, the first thought that comes to my mind is this: Those people are assholes! The second thought that…

  • Kansas says No to abortion bans. Congratulations!

    Kansas says No to abortion bans. Congratulations!

    Every women deserves the right to have autonomy over the bodies. The United States is one of the few industrialized countries where that right in not guaranteed for all its citizens. Abortion is Legal in both Canada, and Mexico, making both both neighbors more forward looking than the United States. But the voters of Kansas…

  • Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit was a dumb move. What was she thinking?

    Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit was a dumb move. What was she thinking?

    Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was one dumbest political moves I have seen since I started to read about politics. There was absolutely nothing to gain for the U.S. and it created a lot of unnecessary tension. It only showed the arrogance or ignorance of some politicians, concerned about their ego, and not about the consequences…

  • Where to draw the line between systemic poverty and self-inflicted poverty

    Where to draw the line between systemic poverty and self-inflicted poverty

    Recently I listened to a story produced by the Washington Post called “Broke Again” which focused on poverty and why poor people have a hard time getting out of poverty. Although I suspect that the reporter wanted to portray the poverty of the featured couple as a systemic failure, I saw it mostly as a…

  • Yes! The U.S. should withhold $7 billion of Afghan’s Money

    Yes! The U.S. should withhold $7 billion of Afghan’s Money

    The Taliban is oppressing their women. Their record on human rights is among the worse in the whole world. They ban women from working outside their home, ban girls’ education after year six, deny women their right to political participation as well as their social, economic and cultural rights. Girls and boys are segregated after year…