Krystal Kyle And Friends With Historian And Author Thomas Frank
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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New York City Rich And Poor – The Inequality Crisis
Here is another excellent documentary on YouTube from the German public service broadcaster DW examining the dreadful inequality between theContinue Reading
YouTuber Dave Cullen Discovers That Computing Is Not Forever
As regular readers know, I’m no great fan of banning online commentary, even the most egregious. On most topics IContinue Reading
The Katie Halper Show
Over the last year I’ve become a regular watcher of the Katie Halper Show, presented by the eponymous US comedian,Continue Reading
Irish Media Learns All The Wrong Lessons From Storming Of US Capitol
Though you’ll rarely see it discussed in the popular press, one of the more troubling aspects of Donald J Trump’sContinue Reading
Britain Leaves The EU. Then Complains Why It Is Treated Differently By The EU!
Having hectored, cajoled and bullied its way through the uncivil negotiations around Brexit (“British exit”) and Trexit (“Transition exit”) itContinue Reading
Unionists Love The Thing That Loves To Hate Them The Most – Britain
In the wake of the United Kingdom’s stuttering final exit from the European Union it seems that the veteran newspaperContinue Reading
DUP Decries Constitutional Change While Denying Any Change
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representativesContinue Reading
A New Year, A New EU As The UK Exits Stage Right
And so it ended, the United Kingdom’s decades-old membership of what is now the European Union, not with a bangContinue Reading
Stephen King’s The Stand, 2020 Versus 1994
I’ve just finished watching the second episode of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal pandemic novel The Stand, currentlyContinue Reading
Sinn Féin May Need To Reform. But So Does Our News Media
According to the latest polling, from the “Oirish” edition of The Sunday Times, Sinn Féin is currently at the topContinue Reading
A Partisan History Of The Name IRA
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
UK Leader Boris Johnson Heads For No Deal Cliff But Will He Jump?
Tick-tock goes the Brexit clock. Or more accurately the Trexit clock since Britain has already exited the European Union andContinue Reading
Mary Lou McDonald: “A United Ireland Will Happen Within A Decade”
I’ve some mixed views on the British journalist Owen Jones, who cleaves a little bit too much to the censoriousContinue Reading
Drone Warfare Tips The Balance In Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
Very few people would argue against the importance of air superiority in modern conventional warfare. From the bocage of NormandyContinue Reading
The Irish Sea Border, Brought To You By The DUP
It’s somewhat ironic that one of the worst newspapers in the country, the editorially repugnant News Letter, is also homeContinue Reading
Censoring The Hunter Biden And Joe Biden Controversy
Some commentary from Saagar Enjeti, conservative co-host at the Rising, and Katie Halper, progressive film-maker and political journalist, examining theContinue Reading
Irish Times Platforms Anti-Lockdown Fake Science
As several commentators over at the Cedar Lounge Revolution have noted, the ideologically schizophrenic attitude of the Irish Times towardsContinue Reading
Irish Leaders North And South Are Less Than Inspiring
In a recent and rather pessimistic article for the News Letter the unionist commentator Alex Kane coined a pithy phrase toContinue Reading
The Anti-Lockdown Neo-Right And Their Media Fellow-Travellers
For those of us concerned about the health of our families and friends, of our neighbours and co-workers, there isContinue Reading
Slugger O’Toole. Just Another Right-Wing Voice In The Irish Media?
The phrase “jumping the shark” describes the moment when a once popular television show attempts to revive its fortunes byContinue Reading
Irish Iron Age And Medieval Helmets
Some of the oldest descriptions of military helmets in Irish literature can be found in the earliest versions of theContinue Reading
