In American terms, Biden is the NFL quarterback returning to his old high school to show the Junior Varsity players what can be achieved in the big leagues.
Sometimes though, a story might be too good to be true.
This discrimination exists because it suits everybody on a political level, right across the spectrum.
It has created a perverse set of incentives
This should have been, on paper, one of the easier projects for Government to deliver.
Your outrage, in other words, is the point.
The sensible thing to do when an opinion poll produces such a shocking result is to wait, rather than to assume it is true.
If you are pursuing a career in official Ireland, it is objectively more sensible to nod through a book telling twelve year olds how to perform blowjobs than it is to be thought a bit of a homophobic prude.
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.