I may have missed this in the national press or maybe this is simply not true, but the Wicklow Times had a front page article a few weeks a...

I'm not averse to the notion of saving a bit of money. You can count on me to click on any headline that reads similarly to How to make ...

I like reading George Will, but I love reading him when he's writing about baseball . Washington was the setting for "Damn Yankees,...

I know you're on edge waiting for my next pronouncement on the state of Ireland, the state of America, and/or the state of the world. Un...

This was not football the way that Johnny Lam Jones used to play it. I've seen people throw hot dogs, ice cream, beer, soda and, once, ...

Today's Observer refers to Rush Limbaugh and other "right-wing talk show hosts" as "shock jocks". This labeling ha...

It's all over for Obama. The Democrats would be nuts to nominate him. The process we've had so far can be dismissed by the party at ...

Obama's not a Muslim. I wonder if he half wishes he were for all the trouble the Trinity United Church is causing him. As I said, I tho...

It's already been beaten to death, yet he only made the speech today. I didn't hear what Barack Obama had to say, but I read it . I ...

Ridiculous little item in last week's Guardian by Tim Dowling comparing today's USA with Czechoslovakia in 1975. This was inspired ...

I finished reading The Boston Irish: A Political History . It was actually a lot better than I had anticipated when I picked it up. From the...

REM's new album is "Irish music" according to the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. I can't understand how we get away ...

Just listening to Governor Eliot Spitzer resign . I don't have a strong feeling about this because I don't know that much about him....

According to the Derry Journal , a priest in Derry has had to defend "his decision to charge £50 per wedding in his parish, saying it w...

I've been thinking about the Florida & Michigan issue and I think the best move for Obama would be to drop his objection to those de...

I'd like to be a tough guy, but unfortunately I'm a little squeamish. I don't really like the uglier aspects of politics. The ba...

Yes, I called it right . I should be thrilled, right? Why do I have that queasy feeling in my stomach? I think it's because I'm nerv...

… but, it's not. Hillary will win both Ohio & Texas today (although, maybe not get more delegates than Obama in Texas). Take it to t...

Matthew Ryan of the Irish Hotels Federation wants Easter's date to be fixed in order to "avoid disruption to business and bookings...

Two bad columns in two different newspapers in the space of two days. Terry Prone probably needs two weeks off. Although her failures regar...