Opinion
O'SHEA; The Unending Banality of Evil
Can one do evil acts without being evil? This was the deep and puzzling question raised by the philosopher Hannah Arendt when she reported for The ...
May 25, 2023
by Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: A War With No End in Sight
The two sides are so far apart in the war in Ukraine that there is no end in sight. President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated repeatedly that they wi...
April 26, 2023
by Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: Some Perspectives on a United Ireland
A few months ago, my son-in-law, Jimmy Frawley, who lives in Dublin, brought two of his children, aged 10 and 15, on a weekend trip to Belfast. He ...
January 13, 2022
by Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
O'SHEA: Widespread Poverty Amid Vast Riches
I recall a philosophy professor from County Mayo, Fr. Brian Dunleavy, teaching a class on the subject of mistakes in reasoning, more formally calle...
December 16, 2021
by Gerry O'Shea
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O'SHEA: Irish Catholicism — the Old and the New
I was an altar boy in the community where I grew up in the 1950s. I recall well the opening prayers at Mass. Priest: Introibo ad altare Dei (Transl...
September 08, 2021
by Gerry O'Shea