We Must Begin with the Land
Review: We Must Begin with the Land: Seeking Abundance and Liberation through Social Ecology by…
Browsing: Science
How Far Can We Trust Science?
Science in itself appears to me neutral, that is to say, it increases men’s power…
A Contract of Indefinite Duration
The voice on the other end of the line was shaky and uncertain. ‘Are you…
Podcast: China, COVID-19 and the Viscount
Listen to Part 2 (Bonus Episode) by subscribing (from just €5 p.m.) on Patreon. You…
Lockdowns: “Thinking in One Dimension”. Podcast Interview with Professor Sunetra Gupta.
Bonus Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-ii-100102849 Or via apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep4-lockdowns-thinking-in-one-dimension-with-guest/id1728086643?i=1000648655188 In early 2020, Sunetra Gupta was quietly…
A Coming Plague
In Ireland and the UK, Anti-vax sentiment, or vaccine hesitancy, along with deteriorating trust in…
The Emerald Delusion
Let no feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause of, or men of, the…
G.P. Practice: Foreshadowing Dystopia?
When the Irish government via the HSE (Health Services Executive) introduced a Chronic Disease Management…
The Vanishing Cat
When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock…
The Implications of Evolution
Evolution by natural election is the ‘greatest idea ever’ — a view which has been…
COVID-19 in Ireland: Lives Lost
Irish Times health correspondent Paul Cullens reported on February 13, 2023 that a disturbing 1,300…
Housing: Vacancy and Dereliction
In 1841 the population of county Leitrim stood at 155,297. By 1901, however, it had…
Interview On The Liffey
Jonathan O’Brien of City Kayaking says they began taking litter out of the River Liffey…
Circular Economy: ‘Make-Use-Return’
The Stone Age didn’t come to an end because they ran out of stones. Similarly,…
The Big House: Censorship of the Medical Profession in Ireland
’From my experience of my patients on the front line since March 2020, I estimate…
Psychedelic Eucharist
In October 2018, I wrote an article for the Irish Medical Times entitled: ‘Acid Test-are…
Cost of Living: Digging for Victory
Standing outside a Dublin hostelry in the drizzle, I fell into conversation with an Ulsterman…
Covid-19 Absurdities
Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of ZeroCovid. This continues to inflict…
COVID-19: Torches of Freedom
‘Harold Evans used to say that an investigation only really began to count once the…
Bob Quinn’s Bog Graffiti
It’s easy to despair in the face of our species’ (homo sapiens: ‘wise man’) apparent…