Lilian Thuram

Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation: ​[li.ljɑ̃ ty.ʁam];[3] born 1 January 1972) is a French retired professional football defender and the most capped player in the history of the France national team with 142 appearances between 1994 and 2008.

Thuram played at the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, including ten in Serie A with both Parma and Juventus. With France, Thuram won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, and was in the runner-up squad for the 2006 World Cup. A quick, powerful and versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back or as a right-back, and was competent both offensively and defensively. Despite his physical and aggressive playing style, Thuram has been described as a "studious" figure off the pitch;[4] in 2010, he became a UNICEF ambassador, and has stood out for his initiatives to fight against racism.
Thuram's football career began with Monaco in Ligue 1 in 1991. He then transferred to Parma (1996–2001) and then to Juventus (2001–2006) for £25 million, and eventually to Barcelona in 2006.

Monaco
Thuram started his professional career with Monaco in 1991. He only made one appearance that season, but was officially promoted to the first team the following season, when he would go on to make 19 appearances. He was inserted into the starting XI by the end of 1992 and would go on to make 155 league appearances for the Ligue 1 outfit, before transferring to Parma in the summer of 1996. He made his national team debut in 1994, while at Monaco. With Monaco, he most notably won the Coupe de France in 1991, also reaching the final of the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Parma
In July 1996, Thuram made a high-profile transfer to Italy to join Serie A club Parma. In his first season, he made over 40 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring one goal, as Parma finished second in the 1996–97 Serie A to Juventus. He maintained a starting position in defence throughout his time with Parma, making 163 Serie A appearances and scoring one league goal. In all, he made over 200 appearances for the club, really making a name for himself, also earning caps for France. Following another overly impressive season in 2000–01, where Parma reached the Coppa Italia final, and finishing the Serie A season in fourth place, Thuram,[7] along with teammate Gianluigi Buffon, transferred to Juventus. His transfer cost the club 80 billion Italian lire (€41,316,552).[8] While at Parma, along with eventual Juventus teammates Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro, Thuram won both the UEFA Cup and the Coppa Italia during the 1998–99 season, immediately followed by the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana.
In the summer of 2001, Thuram made a transfer to Juventus, along with goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Thuram formed defensive partnerships with the likes of Ciro Ferrara, Paolo Montero, Gianluca Pessotto, Mark Iuliano, Alessandro Birindelli, Igor Tudor, Gianluca Zambrotta, Nicola Legrottaglie, Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini, Federico Balzaretti and Jonathan Zebina during his five-year tenure with the club. In his first season with the club, as a right back under Marcello Lippi, Thuram won the 2001–02 Serie A title, also reaching the final of the 2001–02 Coppa Italia. Juventus started the following season by winning the 2002 Supercoppa Italiana, and defended their Serie A title, also reaching the UEFA Champions League final, where they were defeated by rivals Milan on penalties.

Juventus won the 2003 Supercoppa Italiana the following season, reaching another Coppa Italia final, but finished in a disappointing 3rd place in Serie A, and failed to progress past the second round in the Champions League. During the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons under coach Fabio Capello, Thuram, along with Fabio Cannavaro in the centre of defence, with Gianluigi Buffon in goal, Gianluca Zambrotta at left back,[citation needed], and Jonathan Zebina at right back[citation needed] formed one of the most expensive, but also most feared, defences in Europe and Italy. During these next two seasons with the club, Thuram won the Scudetto two more times with Juventus, although these consecutive league titles were later revoked due to Juventus' involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal (calciopoli). After five years with Juve, Thuram transferred to Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga, in the wake of the calciopoli scandal. He managed over 200 total appearances for the club, with two goals.

Barcelona
On 24 July 2006, Thuram signed with Barcelona for €5 million after Juventus were relegated to Serie B due to the calciopoli scandal.[9][10]

In Thuram's last season (2007–08), he was the third- or fourth-choice centre-back after Carles Puyol, Gabriel Milito and Rafael Márquez.[11] On 26 June 2008, he was reported as having signed a one-year contract with an option for another year with Paris Saint-Germain.[12] The deal, however, was cancelled shortly after because he was diagnosed with a heart defect that had caused the death of his brother.[13] On 2 August, he announced his final retirement from professional football due to his condition
After becoming world champion in 1998, Thuram was an integral part of France's triumph at UEFA Euro 2000, which led to the team being ranked by FIFA as number one from 2001–2002. He also played in the 2002 World Cup, 2006 World Cup, Euro 1996, Euro 2004 and Euro 2008, in addition to winning the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.

1998 World Cup
Thuram scored only two international goals in his entire career, both of which came in one game – the 1998 World Cup semi-final against Croatia, in which France came back to win 2–1 and advance to the final. France defeated Brazil 3–0 to capture their inaugural World Cup and Thuram won the Bronze Ball as the third most valuable player in the tournament. He, Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc and Marcel Desailly formed the backbone of the French defence that conceded only two goals in seven matches.

2006 World Cup
After a brief international retirement, France coach Raymond Domenech convinced Thuram to return to the French team on 17 August 2005, along with fellow "Golden Generation" teammates Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makélélé, as Les Bleus struggled to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Thuram's centre back partnership with William Gallas was to be the foundation for France's progression to the final. Thuram earned his 116th cap for France in the group stage match against South Korea in Leipzig on 18 June 2006. In that game he equalled Desailly's record number of caps, which he broke in the final group stage match, a 2–0 win over Togo in Cologne on 23 June 2006, winning his 117th cap. He was named the man of the match in France's semi-final 1–0 victory against Portugal, coincidentally the same distinction he had earned eight years earlier at the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup.

Euro 2008
On 9 June 2008, Thuram took the field against Romania in a group match, and became the first player to make 15 UEFA European Championship finals appearances. The former record of 14 appearances was held by Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo and Karel Poborský.[15] He played one more game during the tournament, raising the number of his appearances to 16, which record was then equaled a few days later by Edwin van der Sar from the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. Thuram was the captain of France in the tournament. He, along with Claude Makelele, announced his retirement from international football on 17 June 2008, after France's 2–0 loss to Italy.[16] He finished his career with the national team as France's most capped player with 142 appearances

ماريا غارسيا

ماريا غارسيا (بالإسبانية: María García) هي مصورة مكسيكية، ولدت في 1936 في Irapuato Municipality   في المكسيك.

Jo Johnson

Joseph Edmund Johnson (born 23 December 1971) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since 2010. He is a member of the Conservative Party. His older brother, Boris Johnson, is the leader of the party and Prime Minister.

Johnson was appointed Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit in 2013 by Prime Minister David Cameron. He became Minister of State for the Cabinet Office in 2014 and Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation in 2015. Following the January 2018 cabinet reshuffle, Johnson served as Minister of State for Transport and Minister for London; he resigned in November the same year, citing the failure of the Brexit negotiations to achieve what had been promised by the Vote Leave campaign and his wish to campaign for a new EU referendum. He returned to Cabinet, again as Minister of State for Universities, in July 2019 when his brother became Prime Minister. In September 2019, he resigned from the Cabinet and announced that he would stand down as an MP at the next United Kingdom general election
Early life
Family
Johnson is the youngest of four children born to former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson and artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl (née Fawcett), the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a prominent barrister and president of the European Commission of Human Rights from 1972 to 1981. Johnson is the brother of Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip; Rachel, a journalist; and Leo, an entrepreneur and filmmaker.[1][2][3]

Education
Johnson first attended the European School in Uccle, before attending The Hall School in Hampstead, London, Ashdown House School in East Sussex, and then Eton College. In 1991, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, to read Modern History. He was a Scholar at Balliol, edited Isis, the Oxford University student magazine, and was awarded a First Class degree in both Honour Moderations (June 1992) and Finals (Honour School, June 1994). While at Oxford, he was a member of the Bullingdon Club together with Harry Mount, Nat Rothschild and George Osborne,[4] with whom he remains a close friend.[5][6]

Career in journalism
After graduating from the Université libre de Bruxelles, in 1995 Johnson joined Deutsche Bank as an investment banker.

In 1997, he switched career paths and joined the Financial Times. After a sabbatical in 1999/2000 during which he gained an MBA from INSEAD, he returned to become Paris correspondent (2001–05), and then as South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi (2005–08). On return to London he became an associate editor of the Financial Times and head of the Lex Column, one of the most influential positions in British financial journalism.[7][8] Previous 'Heads of Lex' include Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Martin Taylor, former chief executive of Barclays Bank, and Richard Lambert, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry. Johnson left the Lex column in April 2010. He received awards for his journalism from a range of organisations, including the Foreign Press Association, the Society of Publishers in Asia and The Indian Express's Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Johnson's books include the co-authored The Man Who Tried To Buy the World (Penguin, 2003),[9] about the French businessman Jean-Marie Messier. This was serialised in The Guardian and published in France as Une faillite française by Albin Michel in 2002. He co-edited, with Dr Rajiv Kumar (Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Reconnecting Britain and India: Ideas for an Enhanced Partnership (Academic Foundation 2011).[10]

He commentated on radio and television,[11][12] and spoke in public on the rise of India, as well as on the UK political economy and financial affairs.[citation needed]

Parliamentary career
He was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for the safe seat of Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley from a shortlist of six contenders.[13] He retained the seat, tripling the Conservative majority of his predecessor John Horam to over 17,000 at the 2010 general election. His majority increased again in the general election of 2015, to 19,979.[14]

Against the national trend, he increased the Conservative share of the vote in the constituency by 5.5% points to 62.9% at the general election in June 2017, although his majority declined to 19,453.[15]

Head of the Downing Street Policy Unit
On 25 April 2013, he was appointed Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit by David Cameron to help develop the 2015 Conservative manifesto.

As a junior Cabinet Office minister, he headed the Policy Unit in the Prime Minister's Office,[16] and also chaired a newly created Conservative Parliamentary advisory board, known as the Prime Minister's Policy Board, consisting of Conservative MPs.

Johnson's appointment to head up the Downing Street policy unit was viewed as surprising by The Guardian as he was perceived as being more pro-European and left-leaning than most Conservatives.[17]

Minister for Universities and Science
On 11 May 2015, it was announced that Johnson had been appointed Minister for Universities and Science at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).[18][19] Writing about Johnson's appointment for Times Higher Education, John Morgan said: "Mr Johnson's reputation as a pro-European is likely to please vice-chancellors, many of whom are concerned by the Tories' pledge to hold an in-out referendum on EU membership by 2017. Universities UK pointed out that British higher education institutions benefit from around £1.2 billion in European research funding each year."[20]

In this role, Johnson introduced the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, which the Times Higher Education described as the most significant legislation in 25 years. This overhauled the regulatory framework for English universities, replaced the Higher Education Funding Council for England with a new regulator, the Office for Students, and established mechanisms to hold universities more accountable for the quality of teaching and student outcomes.[21] The Act also created a new single national strategic research body, UK Research and Innovation, bringing together the UK's fragmented research funding bodies.[22]

Minister of Transport
On 9 January 2018 Johnson left his role as Minister for Universities and accepted a new position as Minister of Transport and Minister for London.[23]

On 9 November 2018, Johnson resigned his position, citing disillusionment with the government's Brexit strategy and called for a fresh vote on Brexit with an option to remain. Johnson argued that Britain was "on the brink of the greatest crisis" since World War Two and claimed that what was on offer was not "anything like what was promised".[24][25]

Brexit
Jo Johnson called on his Conservative Party MPs to vote down Theresa May's Brexit deal on 11 December 2018, stating that it was 'half baked' and the 'worst of both worlds'.[26] Johnson resigned as a minister because he wanted to be free to endorse a People's Vote.[27][28][25]

Minister in Boris Johnson's Cabinet
On 24 July 2019 it was announced that Jo Johnson was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department of Education – this position would mean he would be attending the meetings of the cabinet.[29][30] He was appointed to the privy council the next day.[31] On 5 September, Johnson resigned as Minister and announced he would stand down as MP, describing his position as "torn between family and national interest".[32][33][34] He is expected to stand down at the next general election rather than through a by-election. A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister would like to thank Jo Johnson for his service... The constituents of Orpington could not have asked for a better representative

Dominique Leroy

Dominique Leroy (born 8 November 1964, Ixelles) is a Belgian businesswoman who has been serving as the CEO of telecommunications company Proximus Group since 2014.[1] The ministers of the Belgian Cabinet appointed Leroy as successor to Didier Bellens on 9 January 2014.[2] She became the first woman to head the company and, at the time, the only female CEO among companies in Belgium’s BEL 20 stock market index
Education
Leroy obtained a master's degree in business economics from Solvay Business School in 1987.[citation needed]

Career
After having held different positions at Hartog Union Belgium, Leroy worked for 24 years at Unilever.[4] She was the national customer development director of Unilever Belgium from February 2006 until August 2007. Before joining Belgacom, she was Director of Unilever Belgium from September 2007 until October 2011.[citation needed]

From June 2012, Leroy served as executive vice president of the consumer business unit and was a member of the management committee of Belgacom.[citation needed]

By late 2018, the Financial Times reported that Leroy was one of the candidates for succeeding Gavin Patterson as CEO of the BT Group; the job instead went to Philip Jansen.[5] In early 2019, she was summoned to meet Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel after media reported a cost-cutting plan at Proximus that would involve a net headcount reduction of 650 jobs.[6]

Other activities
Corporate boards
Saint-Gobain, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2017)[7]
Ahold Delhaize, Member of the Board of Directoes (since 2016)[8][9]
Belgacom ICS, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors (since 2014)[10]
Lotus Bakeries, Member of the Board of Directors (2009-2018)[11]
Non-profit organizations
European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Member[12]
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Member of the International Advisory Board

بلباو

بلباو (بالإسبانية: Bilbao) بلباو مدينة تقع في الشمال الأوسط من إسبانيا، وهي عاصمة مقاطعة بيسكاي. عدد سكانها 352.700 نسمة. وتعتبر بلباو مركزًا صناعيًا وتجاريًا في منطقة غنية بمناجم الحديد. وهي كذلك ميناء بحري هام رغم وقوعها على بعد نحو 13 كم من خليج بسكاي. ويشق نهر نيرفن المدينة ليصب في الخليج. وتشمل صادرات المدينة الحديد والصلب والدقيق والورق والزجاج والجلود. أنشئت بلباو في حوالي عام 1300
التاريخ
تم العثور على مواقع الدفن من 6.000 سنة على جبال أفريل وألكساندا ؛ كما عثر على بقايا مستوطنة قديمة تم اكتشافها على قمة جبل ملمسين يرجع تاريخها من القرن الثاني للقرن الثالث قبل الميلاد. وقد حدد لتكونعدد من الباحثين هذه البقايا لتكون أساس المدينة القديمة "أمنون بورتوس " طبقا للمؤرخ بليني الأكبر ، وغيرهم على ان تكون مدينة Flaviobriga طبقا للمؤرخ بطليموس . بقايا جدار من القرن الحادي عشر اكتشفت تحت كنيسة القديس أنطون.

تأسست بلباو في القرن الرابع عشر ثم جاءت موجة الاستيطان جنبا إلى جنب مع معظم مدن منطقة البسكايا التي تشكل نحو 70٪ من المجتمعات الحديثة في المنطقة. أسست الرب بسكاي، دييغو لوبيز V بارو (دييغو لوبيز الخامس من هارو)، بلباو عن طريق أمر من 15 يونيو 1300 م في بلد الوليد، الذي وافق عليه فرديناند الخامس ملك قشتالة وليون في بورغوس، في 4 يناير 1301 م. تأسست دييغو لوبيز المدينة الجديدة على الضفة اليمنى من نهر نيرفون، أرض الحكومة المحلية (Elizate) من الماهوجني (بيغونيا)، وقدم لها بوارو من أغرونو (وجرونو)، لائحة الحقوق والامتيازات في وقت لاحق، وقد ثبت أنها ضرورية لتطوير أدناه.

في بلباو كاتدرائية مكرسة ليعقوب بن زبدي ("سانتياغو")، تم بناؤها في نهاية القرن الثالث عشر، معبد صغير على الطريق إلى سانتياغو، وتوسعت خلال القرون التالية. أنها بنيت أساساً على الطراز القوطي وأعيد بناؤها في إحياء القوطية. بالإضافة إلى أن كاتدرائية، بلباو لديها العديد من الكنائس على الطراز القوطي.

في القرن السادس عشر كانت المدينة تصنع السيوف (سيف ذو حدين)، وقراءة اسم (" بيلبو السيوف "). السيوف H "بيلبو" كانت كبيرة السيوف، مع شفرة مزورة مرنة بشكل جيد، واكتسب شعبية بين البحارة والأوروبيين الذين هاجروا إلى العالم الجديد (أمريكا). بسبب سمعة هذه السيوف، ويذكرون أيضا مسرحية وليام شكسبير، وربما أقرب إلى مدينة وثائق القيد التاريخي اسمها.

وكان بلباو مدينة الرمادي الصناعية غير معروف نسبياً حتى نهاية التسعينات من القرن العشرين، عندما تم افتتاح المدينة متحف جوجنهايم للفنون الجميلة. المتحف يحتوي على التصميم المبتكر صمم من قبل المهندس المعماري الأمريكي فرانك جيري وفتحت بلباو على خريطة السياحة المنظمة.

الجغرافيا
تقع بلباو في طرف شبه الجزيرة الأيبيرية وتبعد 19 كيلومتراً عن خليج بسكاي، وتغطي 40,65 كيلومتر مربع ومنها 17,35 مناطق سكنية و 23,30 كيلومتر مربع هي جبال. وتقع المدينة بين سلاسل جبال الكانتابر والبيرنييس.

Bad Boys for Life

Bad Boys for Life is an upcoming American action comedy film directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Will Smith. It is a sequel to Bad Boys (1995) and Bad Boys II (2003) and the third and final installment in the Bad Boys franchise. The film stars Smith and Martin Lawrence reprising their roles as detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett.

A third Bad Boys film was discussed after the success of the second, with original director Michael Bay stating he would be interested in returning but budget constraints would make it difficult. The film went through several attempts at development over the next decade, with various writers and directors attached. Finally in October 2018 the project was officially announced, and filming took place from January through June 2019 in Atlanta and Miami.

Bad Boys for Life is scheduled to be theatricalPremise
Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowrey is in a midlife crisis. Both of them unite again when a Romanian mob boss, whose brother they defeated, promises them an important bonus in revenge just as the duo are about to retire officially.

Cast
Will Smith as Detective Lieutenant Michael "Mike" Lowrey
Martin Lawrence as Detective Lieutenant Marcus Burnett
Vanessa Hudgens
Alexander Ludwig
Charles Melton
Paola Núñez as Rita
Nicky Jam[3]
Joe Pantoliano as Captain Conrad Howard
Theresa Randle as Theresa Burnett, Marcus's wife[4]
Thomas Brag as Jeffrey "Cake Boy"[5]
Jacob Scipio as Armando Armas
Jamie Neumann
Massi Furlan as Lee Taglin
DJ Khaled[6] as Manny the Butcher[7]
Production
Development
In June 2008, Michael Bay director of the first two Bad Boys films, stated that he may direct Bad Boys III, but that the greatest obstacle to the potential sequel would be the cost, as he and Will Smith demand some of the highest salaries in the film industry.[8] By August 2009, Columbia Pictures had hired Peter Craig to write the script for Bad Boys III.[9] In February 2011, Martin Lawrence reiterated that the film was in development.[10] In June 2014, Bruckheimer announced that screenwriter David Guggenheim was working on the storyline for the sequel.[11] Two months later, Lawrence said a script had been written and parts had been cast.[12] By June 2015, director Joe Carnahan was in early talks to write and possibly direct the film.[13] Two months later, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that Bad Boys III would be released on February 17, 2017, and that additional sequel, Bad Boys IV, is scheduled for release on July 3, 2019.[14] On March 5, 2016, the film was pushed to June 2, 2017.[15] Producers planned to begin production in early 2017.[16] On August 11, 2016, the film was pushed back once again to January 12, 2018, to avoid box office competition with the upcoming DC Comics film Wonder Woman, and retitled Bad Boys for Life.[17] Lawrence revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that filming may start in March 2017.[18] On February 6, 2017, it was announced that the film's release date has been delayed for the third time, to November 9, 2018.[19] On March 7, 2017, Carnahan left the movie due to scheduling conflicts.[20] In August 2017, Sony removed the third film from their release schedule and later in the month Lawrence said the film would not be happening.[21]

In February 2018, it was reported that a sequel film was again being planned and would be directed by Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprising their roles.[22] According to Geek Worldwide, the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise will film from November 2018 to March 2019 in Miami and Atlanta with the release date scheduled for January 17, 2020.ly released in the United States on January 17, 2020.

Johan Sanctorum

Levensloop
Sanctorum studeerde filosofie en kunstgeschiedenis aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Als essayist publiceert hij in verschillende bladen en tijdschriften en op zijn eigen webstek "Visionair België". Kunst, cultuur, muziek, architectuur, media en politiek zijn steeds weerkerende thema's.

In 2004 kwam hij in Milaan in contact met de studio van de Italiaanse architect/urbanist Aldo Rossi, wat resulteerde in Passione Urbana, een boek over stedelijke cultuur en stadsvernieuwing. Sanctorum pleit daarin voor organische stedenbouw met aandacht voor de menselijke schaal en het collectieve geheugen. Alfredo De Gregorio sponsorde het project.

In september 2008 verscheen zijn essaybundel De islam in Europa: dialoog of clash? met ook bijdragen van onder anderen Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael en Jan De Pauw.

In 2008 werd Sanctorum zelfstandig copywriter bij de extreemrechtse partij Vlaams Belang. Hij schreef als ghostwriter mee aan verschillende publicaties en toespraken van toenmalig voorzitter Bruno Valkeniers en later ook Gerolf Annemans, voor wie hij het boek 1914-2014: Van loopgraven naar republiek schreef. Sanctorum staat bekend als Vlaams-republikein en schreef in 2008 mee aan het manifest van de Gravensteengroep. Als lid van de denkgroep/debatclub Res Publica ijvert hij voor de splitsing van België.

In januari 2009 publiceerde hij met Matthias Storme, Ludo Abicht, Brecht Arnaert en Eric Defoort De Vlaamse Republiek: van utopie tot project. In deze publicatie analyseerde Sanctorum de Belgische constructie en het Vlaams onafhankelijkheidsstreven dat hij herverbond met het Europese republikeinse gedachtegoed. In oktober 2009 publiceerde hij met communicatiewetenschapper Frank Thevissen Media en Journalistiek in Vlaanderen, een essaybundel met veel kritiek op de middelmatigheid, commercialisering en politieke inbedding van de Vlaamse media.

In 2014 brak hij met het Vlaams Belang omdat hij naar eigen zeggen het republikeinse verhaal herhaaldelijk en bewust gecounterd werd door het grove antivreemdelingendiscours van Filip Dewinter.[1] Politiek behoort Sanctorum tot de links-republikeinse beweging in Vlaanderen. Hij is een van de intellectuelen die een sociaal-ecologisch standpunt binnen de Vlaamse onafhankelijkheidsbeweging tracht te formuleren tegenover het rechts-conservatieve flamingantisme dat vooral door de Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie wordt vertegenwoordigd.[2]

In mei 2018 publiceerde hij De langste mars waarin hij zijn visie op Mei '68 uit de doeken doet en de 50-jarige invloed daarvan.[3] In 2019 publiceerde hij Na het journaal volgt het nieuws met zijn visie op de Vlaamse media. [4]

Anno 2019 is Sanctorum vooral actief als onafhankelijk publicist en blogger. Zijn filosofische teksten zijn uitgesproken polemisch, kritisch-beschouwend en dikwijls ironiserend van toon. Hij is onder meer columnist bij het webmagazine Doorbraak.

Sanctorum is de vader van de voormalige Groen-politicus Hermes Sanctorum.