Michael D is who we want to be. The Government is who we are.
That’s the problem, in Ireland: If you could convince an Irish politician that burning the whole country down was the grown-up thing to do, and that it was in line with best international practice, they’d do it.
Democracy?
Figures show that Ireland is taking well above average per capita numbers of Ukrainian refugees.
Misuse of a tragedy
While there might appear to be a contradiction between being in favour of the death penalty and being against abortion or vice versa, these are actually logical positions. It is not a coincidence that most people favour one such and are opposed to the other, or that one tends to be legal and not the […]
On some of the issues where the Government is most vulnerable – energy prices, refugees, crime, and so on – the opposition has no punch to throw.
Be “Progressive”
From the beginning of time, people have believed to some degree or other that the world is flat. This is a view that is scientifically incorrect, and provably false, but there are no laws against holding it, or expressing it. The reason for this is that it is so obviously false to say that the […]
What about the science?
That is one of the problems with the chatterati in general: We’re not accountable, properly.
He knew only that he had to defend himself, and his mother. He was 17. He picked up the nearest weapon, and used it.