Opinion
O'SHEA: Ireland in the 1980s and Today
Eamon Ryan, the impressive Irish Minister for the Environment, recently bemoaned some of the political and social media commentary about the countr...
March 14, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Harsh Reality of Inequality in America
The United States can be proud of its record in promoting political rights - free speech and adherence to the rule of law, which mandates treating ...
February 29, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: Some Reflections on a Changing Ireland
“You talk to me of nationality, language, religion,” Stephen Dedalus declared in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. “I shall try to fly by thos...
January 31, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
0'SHEA: A World of Two Wars
The world is galvanized by the awful daily reports from Ukraine and Gaza, with the future direction of both conflicts very unsure. As American supp...
January 25, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: 'Fiducia Supplicans' and All That it Means
The Vatican still names all of its important proclamations in Latin. Rather surprising, I suppose, considering that the now-esoteric language is st...
January 19, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: Studying Prospects for a United Ireland
ARINS, Analyzing and Researching Ireland North and South, is the rather unwieldy title for an important joint project of the Royal Irish Academy an...
December 21, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
O'SHEA: The Many Tragedies of the Gaza Conflict
James Baldwin, the great writer and civil rights leader, reflecting on the origin of most wars wrote, "People are trapped in history and history is...
November 23, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: Looking Ahead to the 2024 Election
Senator Mitt Romney, in announcing recently his retirement from the Senate, suggested that the two current likely major-party nominees for the pres...
November 09, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Irish Republic Real and Imagined
"Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry, "Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high" From “Legion of the Rearguard” – a Republican Civil...
October 19, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Mystery that is Artificial Intelligence
Thinking machines are being constructed in Silicon Valley by a few teams of men with a scattering of women that could solve many of the problems of...
October 12, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: Child Rearing in 20th Century Ireland
It is a truism accepted in most cultures that children thrive in a supportive family and in a community where they feel valued and encouraged. The ...
September 21, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
OSHEA: Strong Trade Unions Needed in America
In John Lennon’s fine album titled “Working Class Hero” he bemoans the betrayal of the American working class, “duped by religion, sex and TV” into...
September 07, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea