Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Dark Day
The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump was a dark day in American political life; not the first, and likely not the last. It ...
July 17, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Opinion: Irish networks, orgs caught in fallout from Fearless Fund lawsuit
The federal discrimination lawsuit against the Fearless Fund and Fearless Foundation currently stands to completely upend the ability for organizat...
July 16, 2024
by Terence Cullen, Senior VP, Actum LLC
Opinion
O'SHEA: 'Cafeteria Catholics' Have Their Say
Accusing someone of being a cafeteria Catholic implies that the person picks and chooses what he or she believes from the broad board of church tea...
July 11, 2024
by Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Return to Calmer Waters
Two European countries just voted. Nobody stormed anything and this includes France, home of the original storming. In the British general election...
July 10, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
KIRWAN: America's Soul is Out There...Somewhere
The great Chesterton remarked that “travel broadens the mind, but you must have the mind.” To which Mark Twain added, “travel is fatal to prejudice...
June 27, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Humane Act
Amor Vincit Omnia. Or so the saying goes. But it doesn't always turn out this way if love leads to marriage in the U.S. between a citizen and an un...
June 26, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
OPINION: This Returnee is Proud of Ireland's Global Goals and Peacebuilding Priorities
Early June and I’m having dinner at Boston airport before my Jetblue flight to Ireland. I’m thinking of how proud my grandparents would be that I’m...
June 24, 2024
by Brianna Kilcullen
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Decline of Moderate Politics in America
Aristotle, the renowned ancient Greek philosopher, counseled his followers that moderation should be their guiding principle in all deliberations. ...
June 20, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Imagining Unity
The late, great Jack Holland knew his hometown. Jack, honored author and Irish Echo columnist for many years, passed away twenty years ago but his ...
June 19, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Jamaal Bowman - A Teachable Moment for American Politics
When Congressman Jamaal Bowman addressed the Irish Echo 40 Under 40 in New York in February 2023, he urged the young ambassadors gathered to agree ...
June 13, 2024
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
KIRWAN: A To Do List For Bloomsday
Who is this guy, James Joyce, and why does everyone go nuts about him around the middle of June every year? Well, this most enigmatic of Irishmen h...
June 13, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Stark Study in Contrast
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently spent a pleasant few days in Ireland. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases w...
June 12, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
