In this case, slavery is properly thought of as original sin – something that, like baptism in Christianity, adult white progressives must be absolved of.
In the end, though, the politics of this visit will end up being much more about winning votes in Ireland rather than America.
In case you missed it, news broke this week that Ireland’s Navy, such as it is, is confined to port. The country possesses four small frigates, with two more recently purchased from New Zealand presently en route. Though we are an island nation, we have never been much of a naval power throughout the years […]
Now, teachers are more likely to fear parents than the other way around.
At least Paul Murphy, and Baby It, will be happy.
The irony here is that Good Friday was, once, a de facto public holiday
An interesting question, I think, is this: Why does mere discussion provoke such anger?
All of this demonstrates the peril in which news organisations increasingly find themselves.
The odd thing is, of course, that O’Connell’s argument that Rowling could just, well, shut up, doesn’t seem to apply in her mind to other women who also suffer abuse as a result of airing their views in public.
Once you become a pensioner, it is, in effect, no longer your problem
This may be the last opportunity the country ever has to get answers from the man who effectively ran the country for two of its most troubled years.
This is a political choice by the Irish Government to directly inflict economic hardship on a sector of its own economy, and all of the people who rely on that sector of the economy for their income.