Opinion

Is a job, any job, preferable to the dole? For most people, the question probably is a no-brainer. Of course it's better to be working than to be o...

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[caption id="attachment_71823" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Bishop John Hughes. "][/caption] During the height of his tumultuous reign ...

There was something especially apropos about the New Deal. It was, for one thing, applied to the New World, that part of it called the United State...

[caption id="attachment_71817" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Chapel of St. Basil at St. Thomas University in Houston. The college, a...

This op-ed is more question than opinion, though it focuses on two opinions, one belonging to the district attorney prosecuting the Boston College ...

You have to sympathize with the Irish Football Association, the governing body for soccer in Northern Ireland. The association, not for the first t...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is gamely sticking to the schedule for the May 31 referendum on the fiscal compact treaty even as Europe shudders and shakes a...

The recent visit to the United States by President Michael D. Higgins left much in its wake for the historical record. With a packed schedule, the ...

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[caption id="attachment_71533" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Speaker Christine Quinn."][/caption] Christine Quinn, the woman who would b...

Congratulations to Leinster and Ulster who, in a few days time, will battle for Europe's most prestigious club rugby trophy, the Heineken Cup. The ...