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Short, Long, Endless?
Opinion
Short, Long, Endless?
When a democracy finds itself in a war it has to speak and explain to its own people. But what you say to your own people and what you say to your ...
Nothing Ventured....
Opinion
Nothing Ventured....
The upcoming visit to the White House on St. Patrick's Day by Taoiseach Micheál Martin could end up being, well, take your pick. There has been con...
Rotten and Toxic
Opinion
Rotten and Toxic
Further proof, if it was needed, but we have been reminded how rotten and toxic is the current regime in Moscow. Literally toxic in the case of the...
A Growing Darkness
Opinion
A Growing Darkness
Atop the front page of the Washington Post is the assertion that Democracy Dies in Darkness. This is somewhat limited. Democracy can die in broad d...
Time for a New Gang
Opinion
Time for a New Gang
This is an anxious time in the history of the land of the free home of the brave. All too many of those who would find freedom in a new land are no...
Beyond The Pale
Opinion
Beyond The Pale
The video evidence of the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis is truly sickening. And once again the words from the federal government do little mor...
Green Isle to Greenland
Opinion
Green Isle to Greenland
At the risk of confusing a situation that is already deeply confused (and being facetious to boot) perhaps this is a moment for Ireland to claim so...
A Chilling Echo
Opinion
A Chilling Echo
They say you should not speak ill of the dead. Well, in these fraught times, speaking ill of the dead is becoming standard U.S government behavior....
Republic or Monarchy?
Opinion
Republic or Monarchy?
The United States arrived in 2026 as a Republic aged 250 years. What will the United States be at the end of 2026, de facto if not necessarily de j...
250 Years And.... 250 Years And....
Back in 1776, at the birth of the American Republic, a sniffle was a serious matter. A cold would be worse. Flu could easily be fatal. All too many...
Hunkering Down For Christmas
Opinion
Hunkering Down For Christmas
Another Christmas, another time of celebration that is in reality for all too many a time of separation. There are photos taken at Dublin Airport o...
Ireland in a New Front Line
Opinion
Ireland in a New Front Line
Splendid isolation was the view over many decades. Europe might be engulfed in war but Ireland, off the continent's edge, was sitting both pretty a...





 



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