Afghanistan – The Self-Defeating War
In Afghanistan the United States and its international allies have staged a formal handover of military and security control inContinue Reading
Tag: United States of America
Fighting In Tongues
It’s been announced that Derry is to get a new Irish language community radio station, Raidió G, which will beContinue Reading
From World Wide Web To World Wide Watch
The newspaper revelations by the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal in relation to the NSA’s positioning of itself asContinue Reading
The Hedge Fund Barons – Mr Tepper
A video and song by Mick Blake dedicated to David Tepper, the American hedge fund manager and founder of Appaloosa Management whose involvement inContinue Reading
The United States And It’s Irish Revolutionaries
Two articles from the United States exploring the Irish Republican heritage of Ireland and the US. First up is theContinue Reading
US Army Training Circular TC 18-01, Special Forces Unconventional Warfare
Thought some of you might be interested in this given the recent events in Libya, Syria and now Mali. TheContinue Reading
A Resurgence Of Anti-Irish Racism In The United States – Or Harmless Stereotyping?
When most people speak of racism against the Irish they automatically think of Britain and more specifically England. The historyContinue Reading
Mitt Romney, The Plutocrat Who Would Be President
Probably the most revealing news story to emerge from the US presidential election so far and it comes straight from theContinue Reading
Land Restitution – More News From The Occupied Territories
An excellent article in the Guardian by Dana Lone Hill of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people outlining the campaign byContinue Reading
The Young Ancestors
Excellent article over on Indian Country Today on a new documentary, The Young Ancestors, which examines the efforts of NativeContinue Reading
Native Americans – Life As Usual In The Occupied Territories
When I was growing up in Ireland and it came to playing that age old game of “Cowboys and Indians”Continue Reading
Wizards and Warriors
For all you hardcore geeks (myself included) the utterly obscure, utterly surreal Wizards and Warriors, a short-lived American television Fantasy series from the early 1980s. If you remember this you are definitely one of the fraternity.Continue Reading
Craig Ferguson In Scotland
Thought you might like this one. Scottish comedian and (subversive) chat-show host Craig Ferguson has recently been presenting his US-based Late Late Show fromContinue Reading
Bad Blood In The Massachusetts Senate Race?
There is a minor firestorm in US politics at the moment (and no, I don’t mean the jaw-droppingly medieval lawContinue Reading
So What’cha What’cha What Ya Want
Genuinely saddened to hear of the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch, certainly one of the voices of my generation. From the Guardian: “Rapper Adam Yauch, aContinue Reading
Native Americans – Trapped In The USA
Unexpected but welcome news in the Guardian as a United Nations (UN) committee is about to carry out an investigation into theContinue Reading
The United States And The Native American Nations – Progressing Towards True Equality
Some welcome news for dozens of Native American nations as the US government has announced that it is to pay more than 1 billion dollars (around 760 millionContinue Reading
More Irish Than The Irish?
Following on from my post looking at the growing popularity of the Irish language in the United States and Canada, the BBCContinue Reading
Irish In America
I’ve written several times about the potential of the Irish language for cultural tourism in Ireland, particularly with visitors from the United States, Canada and Australia.Continue Reading
Native Americans – Second Class Americans
There is a disgraceful story of discrimination towards Native American schoolchildren at a local high school in the United States, highlighted byContinue Reading
Anne Coulter – Close Encounters Of A Right-wing Kind
I’ve been asked by a couple of readers to offer some commentary on the current contest amongst the Republican PartyContinue Reading
A Little Less Ireland, A Little More Éire
A few days ago I pointed to the criticisms made of Ireland by many experts in the field of international tourism due to the country’s failure to build uponContinue Reading
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