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Krystal Ball of the YouTube show Rising and Kyle Kulinski of the popular channel Secular Talk, have launched a newContinue Reading
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Krystal Ball of the YouTube show Rising and Kyle Kulinski of the popular channel Secular Talk, have launched a newContinue Reading
Here is another excellent documentary on YouTube from the German public service broadcaster DW examining the dreadful inequality between theContinue Reading
As regular readers know, I’m no great fan of banning online commentary, even the most egregious. On most topics IContinue Reading
Over the last year I’ve become a regular watcher of the Katie Halper Show, presented by the eponymous US comedian,Continue Reading
Though you’ll rarely see it discussed in the popular press, one of the more troubling aspects of Donald J Trump’sContinue Reading
Having hectored, cajoled and bullied its way through the uncivil negotiations around Brexit (“British exit”) and Trexit (“Transition exit”) itContinue Reading
In the wake of the United Kingdom’s stuttering final exit from the European Union it seems that the veteran newspaperContinue Reading
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representativesContinue Reading
And so it ended, the United Kingdom’s decades-old membership of what is now the European Union, not with a bangContinue Reading
I’ve just finished watching the second episode of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal pandemic novel The Stand, currentlyContinue Reading
According to the latest polling, from the “Oirish” edition of The Sunday Times, Sinn Féin is currently at the topContinue Reading
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
Tick-tock goes the Brexit clock. Or more accurately the Trexit clock since Britain has already exited the European Union andContinue Reading
I’ve some mixed views on the British journalist Owen Jones, who cleaves a little bit too much to the censoriousContinue Reading
Very few people would argue against the importance of air superiority in modern conventional warfare. From the bocage of NormandyContinue Reading
It’s somewhat ironic that one of the worst newspapers in the country, the editorially repugnant News Letter, is also homeContinue Reading
Some commentary from Saagar Enjeti, conservative co-host at the Rising, and Katie Halper, progressive film-maker and political journalist, examining theContinue Reading
As several commentators over at the Cedar Lounge Revolution have noted, the ideologically schizophrenic attitude of the Irish Times towardsContinue Reading
In a recent and rather pessimistic article for the News Letter the unionist commentator Alex Kane coined a pithy phrase toContinue Reading
For those of us concerned about the health of our families and friends, of our neighbours and co-workers, there isContinue Reading
The phrase “jumping the shark” describes the moment when a once popular television show attempts to revive its fortunes byContinue Reading
Some of the oldest descriptions of military helmets in Irish literature can be found in the earliest versions of theContinue Reading