Opinion
A longshoreman's son remembers
[caption id="attachment_66941" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Bowers."][/caption] With American workers under attack today, our chal...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A standout presidential election year
[caption id="attachment_66938" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Douglas Hyde."][/caption] On October 27 there will be an election in Irelan...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A peculiar passivity
The Irish presidential election field is growing by the day and now numbers enough candidates and would-be candidates to fill out a rugby scrum. Th...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Labor Coalition signaled a new direction
[caption id="attachment_66927" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The James Connolly statue in Dublin."][/caption] The year 1981 was a time o...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A day when no language could suffice
My students were from South America, China, Africa and Eastern Europe. English was a second language for them. On that terrible Tuesday, Sept. 11, ...
September 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Boston College should stand its ground
History nerds like myself spend a lot of time combing through boring letters and government documents. It may not be everybody's idea of entertainm...
September 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
We remembered
The tenth anniversary of September 11 was duly marked with solemnity and grace, an amazing grace, one that did honor to all who perished that day a...
September 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Better late
President Obama finally took aim at the heart of the economic malaise last week when he addressed a joint session of Congress on the matter of jobs...
September 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Keeping moral issue front and center is key
By Peter McDermott On Aug. 2, 1980, a bomb exploded in the air-conditioned waiting area at Bologna's Central Station. Eighty-five people were kille...
September 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Organizer had deep ties to Catholic church
[caption id="attachment_66542" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Saul Alinsky, left, with Nicholas von Hoffman."][/caption] By Peter McDermo...
August 31, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
The Twin Towers still stand tall - in memory
By Matthew Hennessey With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 rapidly approaching, the World Trade Center site will soon be opening to the public as a mem...
August 31, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Frog and locusts
After a week in which people living along the U.S. eastern seaboard experienced both an earthquake and a hurricane it was tempting for some to star...
August 31, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff