Current Affairs – Page 4

Bastille Day, the Democratic Programme 1919, Third Isaiah and a New Ireland

It was a constellation of ideas on the day of the dissolution of the 30th Dail. In chance conversation at…

Thanks to Phil Harrison for the link to the video below which builds on a earlier post about Chris Hedges…

13 The LORD takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people. 14 The LORD enters into…

8 Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence. 9 The…

Having been installed as economic advisor to the Pharoah, Joseph takes steps to insure Egypt against the coming austerity. But…

6 A man will seize one of his brothers in his father’s house, and say, “You have a cloak, you…

Last week, the Pat Kenny Show on RTE Radio 1 came from the Kilkenomics event in Kilkenny, a gathering of…

My good friend Phil Harrison, (designer of this blog template) emailed me a link to The World Liberal Opportunists Made,…

Fintan O’Toole writing in today’s Irish Times. The late, great historian of modern Europe, Tony Judt, in his last book,…