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Even today, informers cast a long shadow
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Even today, informers cast a long shadow
[caption id="attachment_69067" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A poster for John Ford's "The Informer."][/caption] The word "informer" has...
New year brings doubts over fragile peace
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New year brings doubts over fragile peace
[caption id="attachment_69061" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="David Cameron. "][/caption] In April 1998 the latest phase of the Anglo-Iri...
A political year
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A political year
With the Republican primaries in full swing we hardly need reminding that this is a general and presidential election year. As has been the case in...
When eye contact trumped email
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When eye contact trumped email
Twenty years ago this month, a charismatic politician from Arkansas was making his way ever so slowly through a high school gym in Nashua, New Hamp...
A visa year?
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A visa year?
As always, at the outset of a new year, we raise our hopes as well as our glasses. The new year brings the opportunity for a fresh start in many th...
Twas Christmas Eve and prisoners were stirring
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Twas Christmas Eve and prisoners were stirring
[caption id="attachment_68864" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The entrance to one of the Long Kesh compounds, known as "cages" to the rel...
Year ends with questions on Irish sovereignty
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Year ends with questions on Irish sovereignty
[caption id="attachment_68854" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Enda Kenny."][/caption] On December 6, 1921 the Anglo-Irish Treaty was sign...
Basis for hope
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Basis for hope
Immigration reform has been on the minds of Irish America for many years and the result has been mostly a sense of frustration that becomes especia...
Going nuts over Christmas fruitcake
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Going nuts over Christmas fruitcake
Our first Christmas after we were married I was introduced to a Christmas fruitcake by my Irish-born wife. Thus began a 38-year tradition which eve...
Having my cake and eating it too
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Having my cake and eating it too
Every nation has its habits, preferences, tastes. I'm pretty Catholic in my tastes having grown up in one country, Ireland, moved to another, Ameri...
I am George Bailey, and you probably are too
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I am George Bailey, and you probably are too
[caption id="attachment_68755" align="alignright" width="600" caption="George Bailey (James Stewart), his wife Mary (Donna Reed) and their daughter...
Truth is first casualty in ‘war on Christmas’
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Truth is first casualty in ‘war on Christmas’
[caption id="attachment_68752" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Bill O'Reilly"][/caption] I’ve never really covered a war – unless you count...

 

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