I was thinking about my previous post all day yesterday. I was worried that I sounded too much like I was keen to make a political point and...

The death toll from Friday's earthquake in Iran is incredible. 6.5 on the Richter scale. That's the same magnitude as the quake tha...

John Walsh refers to Minister Martin as one of nature's killjoys and says his use of the word "tipsy" is "redolent of th...

I agree with this editorial from the Limerick Leader . Banning "Christmas" in order to be 'inclusive' is only a short few...

I cannot believe that the US farming industry has been so slow to put in place the safeguards we have here. Now American agriculture is suff...

"Is this do-able?" he said. "You'd better believe it." That's from an article in Wednesday's NY Times . The...

Until I read this post by The Mesopotamian I never knew that Jesus had an important place in Islam.

by Clement Moore . Moore wasn't just from New York, but from Jackson Heights , where I was born. Of course, nowadays, there are some nay...

Gail Walker says that in any other sport Rio Ferdinand "would have been kicked out for two years". Well, that's not quite tr...

What sort of message does this picture from 2000 send to the Libyan people?

Dick has a long post on Libya's WMD programs and compares US actions with regards to Libya and Iraq. He states that: in the absence ...

Time Magazine has named "The American Soldier" as their person of the year . Jason is one soldier who's not impressed. He rig...

Interesting analysis of the Ba'athists guerrilla campaign from a company that sells this sort of analysis. The writer says it took a wh...

Many Irish people will be aware of Thomas Cahill. He wrote How the Irish Saved Civilization , which was a huge seller in the US. Mr. Cah...

Thanks to Chris (welcome to the world of blogging) for this link. It's a radio interview (from Dec 16) with Col. Hickey (the "man...

According to this article from the Sunday Herald (definitely not in the pro-war camp), the "end of the threat posed to world peace and...

Dana Milbank, not a Bush "cheerleader" by any stretch, describes this week as a week of "sweet vindication" for support...

Frank has weighed in on the proposed World Trade Center as I asked (thanks, Frank). I wanted an architect's perspective. He also links...

Yesterday saw the opening of the new Kennedy Airport light rail service . This new system cost $2bn for 8 miles of track. Sounds pretty pric...

I'm 100% behind the proposed redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. There'll be a proper memorial, but the World Trade Cente...