How long has this been going on ?" Awada asked. "I did well in school with history and all that, but I never picked up on this par...

I still can't believe what Henry McDonald said in yesterday's Observer . McDonald reports that Dublin City Council is planning o...

I just read this and it's great. Read it all. This was my way to stand against those who humiliated me, my family and my friends. It wa...

Gerard Baker gazes into his crystal ball to see how Hillary Clinton will generate the momentum she needs to gain the White House in 2008. S...

The Shroud of Turin is, apparently, not as young as science had recently told us. In fact, it seems that it may be 2000 years old , just as...

I've never written the word "belly-flopping" before in my life. Iraqi Faisel Ghazi Faisel is training for the skeleton in...

Now available on eBay - one Zil 135 Frog (Russian short range missile launcher). Right now it's going for a "song" at just un...

I've just re-read my last two postings and I'm wondering if I'm a walking contradiction. Am I wrong to disparage President Bush ...

The worst place I have ever been is Majdanek , a concentration camp just outside Lublin in eastern Poland. I'll never forget the long sh...

I didn't see any of the Inauguration Day ceremonies and only got around to reading President Bush's speech last night. I've alre...

Thanks to Mark Sullivan for leading me to this picture from Boston that reminds me of winter in upstate NY. Irish people have little to co...

Last May I suggested that I might be willing to tolerate state-sponsored torture in some circumstances. What I didn't do, however, ...

Second day in a row that the NY Times has a positive story out of Iraq as the main story on the home page . The Times report indicates...

Headline at the top of nytimes.com today: Shiites in Iraq Say Government Will Be Secular . The secular tilt comes as Shiite leaders prepar...

This post from Ali was just what the doctor ordered. I was listening to a basketball game and my team lost. So, feeling blue I clicked on ...

Now that's a snow storm. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEC...

I can't say for certain, but I suspect that I'll have little time for posting here over the next few days (maybe a week). I'm mo...

"Don't they realize that the whole world hates Bush"? I've heard that so many times. It's the accepted wisdom. I do...

My old high school (didn't know the indian mascot was gone , but not surprised either) now has an annual Irish Fest . We didn't hav...

Find a bad, sad story and make it HUGE. That's what the Irish Times has done today with their lead story . This is a terrible story....