Bull Moose – In Praise of Uncivil Discourse
When truth is the casualty, everyone suffers. For new Americans, spending Thanksgiving in the U.S.…
Browsing: Current Affairs
Silent Night or a New Christmas Carol from Greta Thunberg?
I especially enjoy visiting the Austrian side of my family around Salzkammergut during Christmas. The…
To Advance We Must Stop: Two Weeks of Protests in Bogotá
A national strike was called in Colombia for Thursday, the 21st of November. In Bogotá,…
Irish Eyes Unsmiling: Have I Got News For You Brexit-Election Special!
Bob Hope once wisecracked: ‘the choice between Carter and Regan was not so much the…
UK Election 2019: Why has common sense become a ‘radical’ proposition?
Last week two young people were stabbed to death at London Bridge while attending a…
Irish Times’s Columnist Finn McRedmond
For anyone to become an opinion writer for the ‘paper of record’, the Irish Times,…
Public Intellectual Series: George Orwell – A Crucial Man for Our Time
George Orwell has never been unfashionable, and is in vogue now more than ever. His…
Refugee Education: Can We Regenerate Lost Generations?
The future of a generation born during over eight years of conflict in Syria is…
Bull Moose: ‘We apologize, we love China’ – When Money, China and Values Collide
Two stories were in the headlines this October illustrating how money is undermining our values.…
Ismail’s Story
What is the experience of a refugee caught in the crisis on the Mediterranean Sea?…
David Cameron and the Origins of Brexit
In 2015 comic Frankie Boyle penned a darkly titled article ‘What if David Cameron…
Hate Crimes in Spain not as they Seem
Some years ago I read about a small theatre in Moscow staging hard-hitting plays critical…
Bull Moose – Climate Crisis to Opportunity
As Washington swirls with the drama and intricacies of the impeachment enquiry, spare a thought…
Reviving the Language of Care in Climate Change Consciousness
As a child I had recurring dreams of great waves crashing over me. Some would…
How to Prevent a Brexit ‘Domino Effect’
As the United Kingdom inches perilously closer to a ‘no deal’ Brexit, Frank Armstrong recalls…
September 11th Recalled
A few months after the destruction of the World Trade Centre in New York on…
Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders Confront Common Neo-Liberal Frenemies
The Corbyn phenomenon – and the utter media-class meltdown over it – is weirdly but…
Joe Rogan and the American Male Zeitgeist
Anyone unfamiliar with Joe Rogan would do well to watch his stand-up shows on Netflix,…
Exclusive: Brazilian Indigenous Leader Condemns Failure to Protect the Amazon
Institutes such as the Amazon Man and Environment (IMAZON) and the National Space Research (INPE)…
Bull Moose: Talking to the Person Seated Next to You
Alternative Realities… Among the least discussed, but perhaps most important influence of the Digital Age…