Opinion

Two European countries just voted. Nobody stormed anything and this includes France, home of the original storming. In the British general election...

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...

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...

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...

Aristotle, the renowned ancient Greek philosopher, counseled his followers that moderation should be their guiding principle in all deliberations. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Dr. Anthony Fauci recently spent a pleasant few days in Ireland. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases w...

In the celebratory atmosphere that followed victory over the Nazis in World War II, many scholars and commentators believed that America was best d...

Just because a piece of legislation is signed, sealed and delivered its provisions might not necessarily be fully implemented. This would appear to...

On a recent Celtic Crush/SiriusXM show, I featured songs about James Connolly and Joe Hill, along with "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie. A...